The Facts of Life
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Popular Love
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15
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1Core Metadata
Title & Origin
Canonical title
The Facts of Life
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Territory
Global
Release & Format
Format
film_tv
Release status
concluded
Release date
1/1/1979
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Creator
Stuart MargolinDirector
Jenna McMahonCreator
Jenna McMahonCreator
Dick ClairCreator
Dick ClairCreator
Network
TAT Communications CompanyStudio
Embassy TelevisionStudio
NBCNetwork
2Content
Synopsis
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.
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Themes
comedy
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scripted_series
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4Audience Intelligence
reddit
Score
11127.0
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1
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Audience size
236
Last updated
5/21/2026
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26441.0
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1,145
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5/21/2026
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19104.0
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1
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Audience size
1,065
Last updated
5/21/2026
reddit
Score
93.6
Score count
330
Rank
201
Audience size
2,669,361
Last updated
6/11/2026
5Industry Links
6Community Sentiment
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Positive ≥0.6Mixed 0.4–0.6Negative <0.4
TVmazebased on TV airing & listing status
Positive0.73