The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms of the 1980s. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, 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.
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| Opening theme | "The Facts of Life"
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| Country of origin | United States
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| No. of seasons | 9
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| No. of episodes | 209 (list of episodes)
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| Executive producer | 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) |
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| Producer | Jerry Mayer
(seasons 1–3) Linda Marsh Margie Peters (seasons 3–4) Rita Dillon (seasons 5–9) Kimberly Hill (season 6) |
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| Running time | 22 mins.
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| Production company | T.A.T. Communications Co.
(1979–1982) (seasons 1–3) Embassy Television (1982–1986) (seasons 4–7) Embassy Communications (1986–1988) (seasons 8–9) ELP Communications (1988) (season 9) Columbia Pictures Television (1988) (season 9) |
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| Original release | August 24, 1979 –
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