The Facts of Life

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American sitcom television series

The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that follows a group of girls at a boarding school and their housemother, known for its coming-of-age themes and long run on television in the 1980s.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
The Facts of Life canonical	43
The Facts of Life universe	4
The Facts of Life (theme song)	2
"The Facts of Life"	1
The Facts of Life (TV series)	1
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris	1
The Facts of Life Reunion	1
The Facts of Life reunion projects	1
The Facts of Life season 2	1
The Facts of Life television scripts	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American sitcom ⓘ television series ⓘ
alsoAiredInDecade	1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	Dick Clair ⓘ Jenna McMahon ⓘ
distributor	Sony Pictures Entertainment ⓘ surface form: Sony Pictures Television
executiveProducer	Norman Lear ⓘ
filmingStyle	multi-camera ⓘ
finalAired	1988-05-07 ⓘ
firstAired	1979-08-24 ⓘ
genre	sitcom ⓘ
hasSpecialEpisodeType	very special episode ⓘ
mainCharacter	Blair Warner ⓘ Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey ⓘ Edna Garrett ⓘ Jo Polniaczek ⓘ Natalie Green ⓘ
notableFor	focus on teenage girls' issues ⓘ long run on network television ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	209 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons	9 ⓘ
openingTheme	The Facts of Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: "The Facts of Life"
openingThemeComposer	Al Burton ⓘ Alan Thicke ⓘ Gloria Loring ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originallyAiredInDecade	1980s ⓘ
originalNetwork	NBC ⓘ
portrayedBy	Charlotte Rae ⓘ Kim Fields ⓘ Lisa Whelchel ⓘ Mindy Cohn ⓘ Nancy McKeon ⓘ
producedBy	Embassy Television ⓘ Tandem Productions ⓘ
runtimePerEpisode	approximately 24 minutes ⓘ
setIn	fictional Eastland School ⓘ
settingType	girls' boarding school ⓘ
spinOffFrom	Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
targetAudience	family ⓘ teenagers ⓘ
theme	adolescence ⓘ coming-of-age ⓘ friendship ⓘ

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Norman Lear → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Cloris Leachman → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

The Facts of Life → openingTheme → The Facts of Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: "The Facts of Life"

Diff'rent Strokes → followedBy → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Diff'rent Strokes → spinOff → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Paul Haggis → workedOn → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Molly Ringwald → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Embassy Television → produced → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Robert Iscove → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Robert Iscove → directorOf → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Blair Warner → appearsIn → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Blair Warner → firstAppearanceWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Blair Warner → partOfFictionalUniverse → The Facts of Life ⓘ

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Blair Warner → basedOnWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Facts of Life television scripts

Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey → appearsIn → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey → firstAppearanceInSeries → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey → createdFor → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey → portrayedInSpinOffOrReunion → The Facts of Life ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Facts of Life reunion projects

Mindy Cohn → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Mindy Cohn → televisionDebut → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Mindy Cohn → partOfCastOf → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Mindy Cohn → appearedIn → The Facts of Life ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Facts of Life Reunion

Mindy Cohn → appearedIn → The Facts of Life ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Facts of Life Goes to Paris

Dick Clair → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Dick Clair → coCreatorOf → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Jo Polniaczek → appearsIn → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Jo Polniaczek → firstAppearance → The Facts of Life ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Facts of Life season 2

Jo Polniaczek → appearsInUniverse → The Facts of Life ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Facts of Life universe

Alex Rocco → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Jenna McMahon → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Jenna McMahon → coCreatorOf → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Natalie Green → appearsIn → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Natalie Green → fictionalUniverse → The Facts of Life ⓘ

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Natalie Green → firstAppearanceWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Natalie Green → seriesTitle → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Molly Picon → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Kim Fields → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Kim Fields → portrayedIn → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Kim Fields → appearedInTVShow → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Lisa Whelchel → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Lisa Whelchel → televisionSeries → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Gloria Loring → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Facts of Life (theme song)

Gloria Loring → performed → The Facts of Life ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Facts of Life (theme song)

Charlotte Rae → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Charlotte Rae → portrayedIn → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Al Burton → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Al Burton → workedOn → The Facts of Life ⓘ

Peter Michael Goetz → notableWork → The Facts of Life ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Facts of Life (TV series)

Edna Garrett → roleIn → The Facts of Life ⓘ