The Facts of Life

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The Facts of Life

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The Facts of Life

First Air Date: August 24, 1979

First Aired on    :   1979
Status    :   Ended
Created By    :   Norman Lear,Dick Clair,Jenna McMahon
Networks    :   NBC
Genres    :   Drama,Comedy
Seasons/Episodes    :   201 episodes in 9 Seasons

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.




Seasons

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Season 9 (1987)

24 episodes


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Season 8 (1986)

24 episodes


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Season 7 (1985)

24 episodes


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Season 6 (1984)

26 episodes


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Season 5 (1983)

26 episodes


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Season 4 (1982)

24 episodes


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Season 3 (1981)

24 episodes


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Season 2 (1980)

16 episodes


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Season 1 (1979)

13 episodes


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Specials (1982)

7 episodes




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