Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: August 24, 1979
Seasons: 9
Episodes: 201
Networks: NBC
Genres: Drama, Comedy

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The Facts of Life(1979)

You take the good, you take the bad...

TMDB Rating: 7.1 (98 votes)

Overview

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.

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Season 1

13 episodes • 1979Avg: 3.5Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Rough Housing	Aug 24, 1979	3.5
2	Like Mother, Like Daughter	Aug 31, 1979	0.0
3	The Return of Mr. Garrett	Sep 7, 1979	0.0
4	I.Q.	Sep 14, 1979	0.0
5	Overachieving	Mar 12, 1980	0.0
6	Emily Dickinson	Mar 14, 1980	0.0
7	Dieting	Mar 21, 1980	0.0
8	The Facts of Love	Apr 4, 1980	0.0
9	Flash Flood	Apr 11, 1980	0.0
10	Adoption	Apr 25, 1980	0.0
11	Running	May 2, 1980	0.0
12	Molly's Holiday	Jun 4, 1980	0.0
13	Dope	Jun 11, 1980	0.0

Season 2

16 episodes • 1980

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The New Girl (1)	Nov 19, 1980
2	The New Girl (2)	Nov 26, 1980
3	Double Standard	Dec 10, 1980
4	Who Am I?	Dec 17, 1980
5	Cousin Geri	Dec 24, 1980
6	Shoplifting	Dec 31, 1980
7	Teenage Marriage (1)	Jan 7, 1981
8	Teenage Marriage (2)	Jan 14, 1981
9	Gossip	Jan 21, 1981
10	Breaking Point	Jan 28, 1981
11	Sex Symbol	Feb 4, 1981
12	The Secret	Feb 25, 1981
13	Pretty Babies	Mar 4, 1981
14	Bought and Sold	Mar 11, 1981
15	Free Spirit	Mar 18, 1981
16	Brian and Sylvia	Mar 25, 1981

Season 3

24 episodes • 1981

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Growing Pains	Oct 28, 1981
2	Fear Strikes Back	Nov 4, 1981
3	A Baby in the House	Nov 11, 1981
4	A Friend in Deed	Nov 18, 1981
5	Front Page	Nov 25, 1981
6	Give and Take	Dec 2, 1981
7	Sweet Sorrow	Dec 9, 1981
8	From Russia with Love	Dec 16, 1981
9	Dear Me	Dec 23, 1981
10	Cousin Geri Returns	Dec 30, 1981
11	Legacy	Jan 6, 1982
12	Green-Eyed Monster	Jan 13, 1982
13	The Americanization of Miko	Jan 20, 1982
14	The Marriage Brokers	Jan 27, 1982
15	Starstruck	Feb 3, 1982
16	The Four Musketeers	Feb 10, 1982
17	The Affair	Feb 17, 1982
18	Runaway	Feb 24, 1982
19	New York, New York	Mar 3, 1982
20	Kids Can Be Cruel	Mar 17, 1982
21	Mind Your Own Business	Mar 24, 1982
22	The Academy	Mar 31, 1982
23	Jo's Cousin	Apr 14, 1982
24	Read No Evil	May 5, 1982

Season 4

24 episodes • 1982

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Ain't Miss Beholden	Sep 29, 1982
2	The Source	Oct 6, 1982
3	The Sound of Silence	Oct 27, 1982
4	The Oldest Living Graduate	Nov 3, 1982
5	Different Drummer	Nov 10, 1982
6	Dearest Mommie	Nov 17, 1982
7	A Woman's Place	Nov 24, 1982
8	Daddy's Girl	Dec 1, 1982
9	The Big Fight	Dec 8, 1982
10	For the Asking	Dec 15, 1982
11	September Song	Dec 22, 1982
12	A Royal Pain	Jan 5, 1983
13	Magnificent Obsession	Jan 12, 1983
14	Under Pressure	Jan 19, 1983
15	Teacher's Pet	Jan 26, 1983
16	Let's Party!	Feb 9, 1983
17	Best Sister (1)	Feb 16, 1983
18	Best Sister (2)	Feb 23, 1983
19	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?	Mar 9, 1983
20	Who's on First?	Mar 30, 1983
21	Help from Home	Apr 6, 1983
22	Take My Finals, Please	Apr 27, 1983
23	Graduation (1)	May 4, 1983
24	Graduation (2)	May 4, 1983

Season 5

26 episodes • 1983

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Brave New World (1)	Sep 21, 1983
2	Brave New World (2)	Sep 21, 1983
3	Gamma Gamma or Bust	Sep 28, 1983
4	Just My Bill	Oct 12, 1983
5	What Price Glory?	Oct 19, 1983
6	The Halloween Show	Oct 26, 1983
7	Advance Placement	Nov 2, 1983
8	I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can	Nov 9, 1983
9	Small but Dangerous	Nov 16, 1983
10	Store Games	Nov 30, 1983
11	The Second Time Around	Dec 14, 1983
12	The Christmas Show	Dec 21, 1983
13	The Chain Letter	Dec 28, 1983
14	Next Door	Jan 4, 1984
15	Crossing the Line	Jan 11, 1984
16	All or Nothing	Jan 18, 1984
17	A Death in the Family	Feb 1, 1984
18	Big Fish/Little Fish	Feb 8, 1984
19	Star at Langley	Feb 15, 1984
20	Dream Marriage	Feb 22, 1984
21	Mother and Daughter	Feb 29, 1984
22	All by Herself	Mar 14, 1984
23	Seems Like Old Times	Mar 21, 1984
24	Joint Custody	May 2, 1984
25	The Way We Were (1)	May 9, 1984
26	The Way We Were (2)	May 9, 1984

Season 6

26 episodes • 1984

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Summer of '84	Sep 26, 1984
2	Slices of Life	Oct 3, 1984
3	Love at First Byte	Oct 17, 1984
4	My Boyfriend's Back	Oct 24, 1984
5	Cruisin'	Oct 31, 1984
6	Taking a Chance on Love (1)	Nov 7, 1984
7	Taking a Chance on Love (2)	Nov 7, 1984
8	E.G.O.C. (Edna Garrett on Campus)	Nov 14, 1984
9	Dear Apple	Nov 21, 1984
10	Talk, Talk, Talk	Nov 28, 1984
11	Smile	Dec 5, 1984
12	The Rich Aren't Different	Dec 12, 1984
13	Christmas in the Big House	Dec 19, 1984
14	Me and Eleanor	Jan 2, 1985
15	Working it Out	Jan 9, 1985
16	Jazzbeau	Jan 16, 1985
17	Two Guys From Appleton	Jan 23, 1985
18	With a Little Help From My Friends	Jan 30, 1985
19	Gone With the Wind (1)	Feb 13, 1985
20	Gone With the Wind (2)	Feb 20, 1985
21	Man in the Attic	Feb 27, 1985
22	The Last Drive-In	Mar 13, 1985
23	Sisters	Mar 20, 1985
24	It's Lonely at the Top	Mar 27, 1985
25	Bus Stop	May 8, 1985
26	The Interview Show	May 15, 1985

Season 7

24 episodes • 1985

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Out of the Fire...	Sep 14, 1985
2	Into the Frying Pan	Sep 21, 1985
3	Grand Opening	Sep 28, 1985
4	Teacher, Teacher	Oct 5, 1985
5	Men for All Seasons	Oct 19, 1985
6	A New Life	Oct 26, 1985
7	Doo-Wah	Nov 2, 1985
8	Come Back to the Truck Stop, Natalie Green, Natalie Green	Nov 9, 1985
9	Born Too Late	Nov 16, 1985
10	3, 2, 1	Nov 23, 1985
11	We Get Letters	Nov 30, 1985
12	Ballroom Dance	Dec 7, 1985
13	Christmas Baby	Dec 14, 1985
14	Tootie Drives	Dec 21, 1985
15	Stake-Out Blues	Jan 11, 1986
16	The Agent	Jan 18, 1986
17	The Reunion	Feb 1, 1986
18	Concentration	Feb 8, 1986
19	Atlantic City	Feb 15, 1986
20	The Lady Who Came to Dinner	Feb 22, 1986
21	The Candidate	Mar 1, 1986
22	Big Time Charlie	Mar 29, 1986
23	The Graduate	May 3, 1986
24	The Apartment	May 10, 1986

Season 8

24 episodes • 1986

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Out of Peekskill (1)	Sep 27, 1986
2	Out of Peekskill (2)	Sep 27, 1986
3	Ready or Not	Oct 4, 1986
4	Another Room	Oct 11, 1986
5	Off-Broadway Baby	Nov 1, 1986
6	The Little Chill	Nov 8, 1986
7	The Ratings Game	Nov 15, 1986
8	The Wedding Day	Nov 22, 1986
9	Fast Food	Nov 29, 1986
10	Where's Poppa?	Dec 6, 1986
11	Write and Wrong	Dec 13, 1986
12	Seven Little Indians	Jan 3, 1987
13	The Greek Connection	Jan 10, 1987
14	Post-Christmas Card	Jan 17, 1987
15	A Star is Torn	Jan 31, 1987
16	A Winter's Tale	Feb 7, 1987
17	Cupid's Revenge	Feb 14, 1987
18	62 Pick-Up	Feb 21, 1987
19	Boy About the House	Feb 28, 1987
20	Ex Marks the Spot	Mar 7, 1987
21	Younger Than Springtime	Mar 21, 1987
22	This is Only a Test	Apr 18, 1987
23	Rites of Passage (1)	May 2, 1987
24	Rites of Passage (2)	May 9, 1987

Season 9

24 episodes • 1987

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Down and Out in Malibu (1)	Sep 26, 1987
2	Down and Out in Malibu (2)	Oct 3, 1987
3	Rumor Has It	Oct 17, 1987
4	Before the Fall	Oct 24, 1987
5	Sweet Charity	Nov 7, 1987
6	Up from Down Under	Nov 14, 1987
7	The More the Marrier	Nov 21, 1987
8	A Rose by Any Other Age	Nov 28, 1987
9	Adventures in Baileysitting	Dec 5, 1987
10	It's a Wonderful Christmas	Dec 12, 1987
11	Golden Oldies	Jan 2, 1988
12	A Thousand Frowns	Jan 9, 1988
13	Something in Common	Jan 16, 1988
14	Peekskill Law	Jan 23, 1988
15	A House Divided	Jan 30, 1988
16	The First Time	Feb 6, 1988
17	Let's Face the Music	Feb 13, 1988
18	Less Than Perfect	Feb 20, 1988
19	Till Marriage Do Us Part	Feb 27, 1988
20	Present Imperfect	Mar 5, 1988
21	On the Edge	Mar 12, 1988
22	Big Apple Blues	Mar 19, 1988
23	The Beginning of the End	Apr 30, 1988
24	The Beginning of the Beginning	May 7, 1988

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