They only shot one episode per week. Here's some info from the E! True Hollywood Story:
A typical schedule of a Diff'rent Strokes episode: Wednesday- they got a new script;
Wednesday-Friday work in a rehearsal hall; off the weekend; Monday- camera block with the set and props; shoot twice on Tuesdays
On November 10, 1984 production was halted. Gary Coleman checked into the UCLA
Medical Center to undergo another kidney transplant. The kidney gave out a year later.
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