• StatusEnded
  • Rating7.037
  • Created by:Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris
  • Production
    CompaniesNorman Lear/Tandem Productions, Embassy Television, Embassy Pictures Corporation, Tandem Productions
  • GenreComedy, Family, Drama
  • Episode
    Runtime30mins
  • First Air
    Date1978-11-03
  • NetworksABC, NBC

Overview

The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.

Casts

Conrad Bain

Gary Coleman

Todd Bridges

Mary Jo Catlett

Danny Cooksey

Mary Ann Mobley