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The Facts of Life
1979–1988
· TV Show
· 30 min episodes
· 9 seasons
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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.
Details
- Created by
- Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon, Norman Lear
- Released
- 24 August 1979
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Episodes
- 201 across 9 seasons
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