The Facts of Life

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

August 24, 1979

Last aired

May 7, 1988

Episodes

201

Network

NBC

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english

Countries

United States of America

Production

TAT Communications Company,Embassy Television

Creators

Norman Lear, Jenna McMahon, Dick Clair