Welcome Back, Kotter

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Welcome Back, Kotter
The box set cover for the Warner Bros. Television Favorites DVD release of the series
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Gabe Kaplan Alan Sacks
Developed by	Peter Meyerson
Starring	Gabe Kaplan Marcia Strassman John Sylvester White Robert Hegyes Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Ron Palillo John Travolta
Opening theme	"Welcome Back" performed by John Sebastian
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	95 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	24–25 minutes, 30 minutes with commercials
Production companies	The Komack Company Wolper Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 9, 1975 (1975-09-09) – May 17, 1979 (1979-05-17)
Related
Mr. T and Tina
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Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a high-school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial education class nicknamed the Sweathogs. Recorded in front of a live studio audience, the series aired on ABC from September 9, 1975, through May 17, 1979. It provided John Travolta with his breakthrough role.^[1]