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  2. The Facts of Life is an American television sitcom created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon 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 Facts of Life’ Was A Spinoff of Another Popular Series
    • ‘The Facts of Life’ Always Drew Solid Ratings
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    According to IMDB, The Facts of Life had a successful precursor show it spun off from: the comedy Diff’rent Strokes. The Gary Coleman comedy featured Charlotte Rae as Ms. Garrett, the Drummonds’ maid. The Facts of Liferevolved around Ms. Garrett’s time working at a boarding school responsible for watching over a number of young women who attended t...

    It’s difficult to gauge how successful a TV show is. In this day and age, many niche shows don’t draw a big audience but are successful because they have a small but intensely loyal following. With a fractured entertainment experience available to most viewers, there have never been more viewing options. That means many shows won’t get great Nielse...

    One solid metric for judging a show’s success is how many seasons it lasts on the air. Some shows are built for a shorter run, while others go on too long. But it’s the rare show that can last just under a decade and still get solid ratings. The Facts of Life was able to do just that. According to Mental Floss, The Facts of Life lasted nine seasons...

  3. May 4, 2023 · Well, it's officially 35 years since the NBC sitcom ended in a two-part finale on April 30 and May 7, 1988. Or, in the words of Lisa Whelchel, who talks Yahoo Entertainment through those final...

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  4. Apr 11, 2021 · Most times, a show’s success is measured by how long it stays on the air. The Facts of Life lasted almost a decade and managed to get solid ratings all the time.

    • THERE WERE SEVEN GIRLS IN THE FIRST SEASON: BLAIR, TOOTIE, NATALIE, AND FOUR OTHERS. Things were rather crowded at Eastland School during those first 13 episodes, with Felice Schachter, Julie Anne Haddock, Julie Piekarski, and Molly Ringwald (yes, that one) in the mix with the others.
    • LISA WHELCHEL, KIM FIELDS, AND MINDY COHN DIDN’T KNOW THE OTHER GIRLS HAD BEEN FIRED UNTIL THEY SHOWED UP FOR WORK ON SEASON TWO. “Everybody was shocked,” Whelchel said.
    • GEORGE CLOONEY WAS JUST ONE OF MANY GUEST STARS WHO WOULD LATER BECOME A BIG-TIME CELEBRITY. It’s a widely known bit of trivia that Clooney played a handyman in 17 episodes sprinkled throughout seasons seven and eight.
    • WHEN THE SHOW ENDED IN 1988, IT WAS THE LONGEST RUNNING SITCOM IN NBC’S HISTORY. Nine seasons and 201 episodes were enough to set the record at the time.
  5. The Facts of Life. Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.

  6. Feb 2, 2023 · The Facts of Life, a spin-off of the popular series Diff'rent Strokes, about an all-girls boarding school in upstate New York, premiered on Aug. 24, 1979. With actress Charlotte Rae playing...

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