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.

Aliases (1)

"The Facts of Life" ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American sitcom → television series →
alsoAiredInDecade	1970s → 1980s → 1990s →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
createdBy	Dick Clair → Jenna McMahon →
distributor	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" →
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 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cloris Leachman → Norman Lear →	notableWork
Diff'rent Strokes →	followedBy
The Facts of Life (""The Facts of Life"") →	openingTheme
Diff'rent Strokes →	spinOff