The Facts of Life

1979

comedy drama, teen sitcom, sitcom

Creator

Dick Clair

Network

NBC

Seasons

9

Episodes

209

Premiered

1979-08-24

Rating

7.3 / 10

A group of girls attending a boarding school experience the joys and the trials of adolescence under the guiding hand of housemother Edna Garrett. Later in the series, Mrs. Garrett is promoted to school dietician, and four of the girls move into new quarters above the cafeteria. Eventually she leaves the school and opens her own business, with help from her girls.