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The Facts of Life(TV show/series, 1979-1988)

30min per episode | Genres: Drama, Comedy

Scripted Reality in 9 seasons with 201 episodes

The Facts of LifeRating: 3.6/5 (with 44 votes) 289
The Facts of Life is an American television sitcom created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon and a spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes that originally aired on NBC from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms of the 1980s. The series focuses on Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae), as she becomes a housemother (and from the second season onward, a dietitian as well) at the fictional Eastland School, an all-girls boarding school in Peekskill, New York. ()
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About The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest running sitcom of the 1980s. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focuses on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, an all-female boarding school in Peekskill, New York.

The Facts of Life Seasons and Episodes

09/26/1987Season 9 - 24 episodes
#1 | 09/26/1987Down and Out in Malibu (1)
Jo is jobless and apartmentless in Malibu, where Richard Moll just happens to need a house sitter.
#2 | 10/03/1987Down and Out in Malibu (2)
Richard Moll returns to the home he left in Jo's care to find it's been flooded: someone left the water running in the hot tub.
#3 | 10/17/1987Rumor Has It
Blair's after-hours visit with a professor reputed to be a womanizer stirs up a storm of vicious rumors on campus.
#4 | 10/24/1987Before the Fall
Natalie jumps at the chance to do an inside story on ROTC and then learns she'll also have to jump from a plane.
#5 | 11/07/1987Sweet Charity
Jo takes a job in social work at a community center that, she learns, has no funds to pay her salary.
#6 | 11/14/1987Up from Down Under
A new girl arrives at Eastland in the wee hours, claiming to be an Australian exchange student.
#7 | 11/21/1987The More the Marrier
Tootie's boyfriend says he can't make it to town for the Winter Carnival so Tootie decides to go with someone else.
#8 | 11/28/1987A Rose by Any Other Age
Blair is dumbfounded when an honor student she invited over ostensibly to study takes a shine to Beverly Ann instead of her.
#9 | 12/05/1987Adventures in Baileysitting
Babysitter Blair leaves her sister with the others while she attends a tea, and returns to find they somehow misplaced her.
#10 | 12/12/1987It's a Wonderful Christmas
It's holiday time, and Beverly Ann feels unneeded, until a mysterious Santa shows her what Christmas in Peekskill would be like without her.
#11 | 01/02/1988Golden Oldies
Imagine the whole gang the same people the same place, 40 years from now.
#12 | 01/09/1988A Thousand Frowns
Andy latches on to a ""big brother,"" who's living for today because tomorrow may never come.
#13 | 01/16/1988Something in Common
It's not music to his ears when Jo's dad learns that her boyfriend plays piano at a dinner joint.
#14 | 01/23/1988Peekskill Law
Blair interns at a law firm that's defending an accused murderer, who seems to be guilty until proven innocent.
#15 | 01/30/1988A House Divided
The fat hits the fire when Natalie and Tootie's boyfriends meet, and Jo blows a gasket over the repair job on her bike.
#16 | 02/06/1988The First Time
Natalie deals firsthand with facts of life as she overnights with her boyfriend Snake, and faces the reactions of her friends and Snake.
#17 | 02/13/1988Let's Face the Music
A sponsor of a musical benefit invites Jo and Blair to visit his beauty spa, where they are transformed but not in the way they expected.
#18 | 02/20/1988Less Than Perfect
One evening, a tired Blair falls asleep at the wheel and has a car accident landing her in the hospital with a gash in her for-head. This leads her to begin worrying about how her once ""perfect"" self will recover from this tragedy.
#19 | 02/27/1988Till Marriage Do Us Part
Rick proposes to Jo in his own crazy way, and everyone anticipates a wedding everyone, that is, except Jo, who still hasn't accepted.
#20 | 03/05/1988Present Imperfect
Tootie recieves a hideous pendant as an engagement present from Jeff's formidable grandmother, and it's pulverized at Andy and Pippa's wild party just before the woman arrives.
#21 | 03/12/1988On the Edge
Jo's job at the social services center gets a bit hairy when her supervisor, a suicide prevention counselor, threatens to leap off a building.
#22 | 03/19/1988Big Apple Blues
Natalie's first bite of the Big Apple is hard to digest: she overnights in a Soho loft with ""the four weirdest people I've ever met.""
#23 | 04/30/1988The Beginning of the End
Blair buys Eastland to save it from bankruptcy, and then must find a new headmaster and lots of new students.
#24 | 05/07/1988The Beginning of the Beginning
As the new headmistress, Blair starts whipping Eastland students into shape, and she's particularly challenged by one who seems determined to get expelled.
09/27/1986Season 8 - 24 episodes
09/14/1985Season 7 - 24 episodes
09/26/1984Season 6 - 26 episodes
09/21/1983Season 5 - 26 episodes
09/29/1982Season 4 - 24 episodes
10/28/1981Season 3 - 24 episodes
11/19/1980Season 2 - 16 episodes
08/24/1979Season 1 - 13 episodes
09/25/1982Specials - 7 episodes

Additional Information

Official websites:
Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 08/24/1979
Last episode released on: 05/07/1988
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Garrett's Girls"

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