The Facts of Life (TV series)

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The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life title screen is shown which was used for season 1. A similar shot without students was used for seasons 2–4.
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Dick Clair Jenna McMahon
Developed by	Howard Leeds Ben Starr Jerry Mayer
Directed by	Asaad Kelada (seasons 2–4) Various (seasons 1–3 & 5–9)
Starring	Charlotte Rae Lisa Whelchel Kim Fields Mindy Cohn Nancy McKeon John Lawlor Jenny O'Hara Felice Schachter Julie Piekarski Julie Anne Haddock Molly Ringwald Pamela Segall Mackenzie Astin George Clooney Cloris Leachman Sherrie Krenn Geri Jewell Ryan Cassidy
Theme music composer	Al Burton Gloria Loring Alan Thicke
Opening theme	"The Facts of Life"
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	201 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	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)
Producers	Jerry Mayer (seasons 1–3) Linda Marsh Margie Peters (seasons 3–4) Rita Dillon (seasons 5–9) Kimberly Hill (season 6)
Camera setup	Videotape; Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	T.A.T. Communications Co. (seasons 1–3) Embassy Television (seasons 4–7) Embassy Communications (seasons 8–9) ELP Communications (season 9) Columbia Pictures Television (season 9)
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	August 24, 1979 (1979-08-24) – May 7, 1988 (1988-05-07)
Related
The Facts of Life Reunion Diff'rent Strokes
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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 series focuses on Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae), as she becomes a housemother (and from the second season onward, a dietitian as well) at the fictional Eastland School, an all-girls boarding school in Peekskill, New York.^[1]