Coleman’s behavior on set was different when his father, who championed him as the show’s star, showed up to set ...

One of the most groundbreaking sitcoms of the 1970s and 1980s was "Diff'rent Strokes." The series was about Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain), a wealthy white businessman who adopts two Black children, ...

Diff'rent Strokes actor Melanie Watson died on Dec. 26 following a lengthy hospitalization. She was 57. Her brother, Robert Watson, confirmed the tragic news to TMZ. Watson was best known for playing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Callers into the show weren't kind to Plato, who claimed at the time that she'd been sober for 10 years. The very next day, Plato ...

"Gary went from being cute to ugly," the stylist said on Peacock's new documentary about the child star. Diff'rent Strokes hairstylist Joann Stafford Chaney recalls that once Coleman's father Willie ...

Todd Bridges recently appeared on “The Patrick LabyorSheaux” podcast and opened up about the issues he had with his late co-star Gary Coleman’s father, Willie Coleman, during “Diff’rent Strokes.” “The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. Melanie Watson, who played Kathy Gordon in four episodes of the Gary ...

Todd Bridges is recalling the day that then-First Lady Nancy Reagan filmed her guest appearance on Diff’rent Strokes. Reagan appeared on the NBC sitcom in a season 5 episode titled “The Reporter,” in ...

Todd Bridges says “Diff’rent Strokes” received hate mail from both Black and white viewers when the sitcom first aired because of its depiction of an interracial family. Bridges, 61, discussed the ...

Coleman, with his sparkling eyes and perfect comic timing, became a star after "Diff'rent Strokes" debuted in 1978. He played younger brother Arnold Jackson a pair of African-American siblings adopted ...

New filings show Todd Bridges and Bettijo Hirschi are handling their divorce without lawyers and have no shared assets to divide. Inside the surprising legal fight tying Todd Bridges’ modest income to ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The actress played Kathy Gordon on the iconic TV show. NBC/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Sitcom actress Melanie Watson Bernhardt has died at the age of 57.