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 | show_name = Diff'rent Strokes
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 | format = [[situation comedy|Sitcom]]
(contracted; show full)ing of 1985, NBC canceled the series because of poor ratings. ABC picked up the series for an eighth season, and aired it Friday nights. In this season, which turned out to be the last, Mary Ann Mobley replaced Dixie Carter as Maggie McKinney Drummond (Carter had left and started work on ''[[Designing Women]]'' after NBC canceled ''Diff'rent Strokes''; Mobley had previously played an unrelated, one-off love interest of Drummond's during the first season).


and also in an attempt to revitalize the show (The same way that Facts of Life did successfully during it's final 3 years on the air), but sadly it was too late.

ABC canceled the series after 19 episodes, and aired its final episode on March 7, 1986. The show returned to ABC's schedule in June for two months of summer reruns, which ended on August 30, 1986. The final season ranked 76th out of 106 shows, and averaged an 11.5 household rating.

==Cast==
{{Main|List of Diff'rent Strokes characters}}
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* [[Conrad Bain]] - Phillip Drummond
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