The Facts of Life (TV series)
| The Facts of Life | |
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The Facts of Life season 1 title screen
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
Dick Clair Jenna McMahon |
| Developed by | Howard Leeds Ben Starr Jerry Mayer |
| Starring |
Charlotte Rae John Lawlor Jenny O'Hara Lisa Whelchel Felice Schachter Julie Piekarski Kim Fields Molly Ringwald Julie Anne Haddock Mindy Cohn Nancy McKeon Pamela Segall Mackenzie Astin George Clooney Cloris Leachman Sherrie Krenn |
| Theme music composer | Al Burton Gloria Loring Alan Thicke |
| Opening theme | "The Facts of Life" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 209 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jack Elinson (seasons 2–7) Jerry Mayer (seasons 3–6) Linda Marsh Margie Peters (seasons 5–6) Deidre Fay Stuart Wolpert (seasons 6–7) Irma Kalish Richard Gurman (seasons 8–9) |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Mayer (seasons 1–3) Linda Marsh Margie Peters (seasons 3–4) Rita Dillon (seasons 5–9) Kimberly Hill (season 6) |
| Camera setup |
Multi-camera Videotape |
| Running time | 22 mins. |
| Production company(s) | T.A.T. Communications Co. (1979–1982) Embassy Television (1982–1986) Embassy Communications (1986–1988) ELP Communications (1988) Columbia Pictures Television (1988) |
| Distributor | Embassy Telecommunications (1984–1986) Embassy Communications (1986–1988) Columbia Pictures Television (1988–1995) Columbia TriStar Television (1995–2002) Sony Pictures Television (2002–present) |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Audio format |
Monaural (1979–1984) Stereo (1984–1988) |
| Original release | August 24, 1979 – May 7, 1988 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | The Facts of Life Reunion |
| Related shows | Diff'rent Strokes |
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom 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 after the second season, a dietitian as well) at the fictional Eastland School, an all-female boarding school in Peekskill, New York.
A spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes, the series featured the Drummonds' housekeeper, Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae) as the housemother of a dormitory at Eastland School, a private all-girls school. The girls in her care included spoiled rich girl Blair Warner (Lisa Whelchel); the youngest, gossipy Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey (Kim Fields); and impressionable Natalie Green (Mindy Cohn).
The pilot for the show originally aired as the last episode of Diff'rent Strokes' first season and was called "The Girls' School (aka Garrett's Girls)." The plotline for the pilot had Kimberly Drummond (Dana Plato) requesting that Mrs. Garrett help her sew costumes for a student play at East Lake School for Girls, the school Kimberly attended in upstate New York, as her dorm's housemother had recently quit. Mrs. Garrett agrees to help, puts on a successful play, and also solves a problem for Nancy. Mrs. Garrett is asked to stay on as the new housemother but states she would rather remain working for the Drummonds at the end of the pilot.
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