Facts Of Life

The Facts of Life (TV series)

Format: Sitcom

Created by: Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon

Developed by: Howard Leeds, Ben Starr and Jerry Mayer

Starring: Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, and Mindy Cohn

Charlotte Rae ('79-'87)

Nancy McKeon ('80-'88)

John Lawlor ('79-'80)

Jenny O'Hara ('79)

Molly Ringwald ('79-'80)

Felice Schachter ('79-'80)

Julie Piekarski ('79-'80)

Julie Anne Haddock ('79-'80)

Pamela Segall ('83-'84)

Mackenzie Astin ('85-'88)

George Clooney ('85-'86)

Cloris Leachman ('86-'88)

Sherrie Krenn ('87-'88)

Country of origin: United States

No. of seasons: 9

No. of episodes: 209

Production

Running time: 30 Minutes

Broadcast

Original channel: NBC

Original run: August 24, 1979 – May 7, 1988

Chronology

Preceded by: Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986)

Followed by: The Facts of Life Reunion (2001)

Related shows: The Facts of Life Goes to Paris, The Facts of Life Down Under

The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to September 13, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' original premise focused on the character, Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae), as she becomes housemother (and later, dietitian as well) to seven girls at the fictional Eastland School, a prestigious all-girls school in Peekskill, New York.