The Facts of Life (1979)
TVG
Sitcom
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women through teenage challenges at an all-female boarding school.
Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, February 3
Cousin Geri Returns
Season 3 • Episode 10
Blair is afraid her cousin is being set up for a disappointing romance with the French teacher.
Monday, February 3
Legacy
Season 3 • Episode 11
Blair's decision to donate part of her inheritance to Eastland brings unexpected family news.
Monday, February 3
Green-Eyed Monster
Season 3 • Episode 12
When Tootie beats Natalie for the lead role in the school play, a rift grows between them.
Monday, February 3
The Americanization of Miko
Season 3 • Episode 13
Jo is caught in an international conflict when she meets a new Japanese student.
Monday, February 3
The Marriage Brokers
Season 3 • Episode 14
Blair is curious about Mrs. Garrett's new beau.
Monday, February 3
Starstruck
Season 3 • Episode 15
Tootie is obsessed with singer Jermaine Jackson.
Monday, February 3
The Four Musketeers
Season 3 • Episode 16
The girls must decide if they want to continue living together.
Monday, February 3
The Affair
Season 3 • Episode 17
Natalie is devastated when she sees her father with a strange woman.
Monday, February 3
Runaway
Season 3 • Episode 18
Tootie decides to go to New York unchaperoned.
Monday, February 3
New York, New York
Season 3 • Episode 19
Trips home seem to make the Blair/Jo feud worse.
Monday, February 3
The Candidate
Season 7 • Episode 21
Angry Natalie decides to run for mayor of Peekskill.
Monday, February 3
Big Time Charlie
Season 7 • Episode 22
Jo's rich father spends money on her rather than giving her the attention she wants.
Monday, February 3
The Academy
Season 3 • Episode 22
Blair's cadet date is really a delinquent.
Monday, February 3
Jo's Cousin
Season 3 • Episode 23
Jo's 14-year-old cousin wants her overprotective father and brothers to recognize her femininity.
Monday, February 3
Read No Evil
Season 3 • Episode 24
The issue of book banning arises at Eastland.
Monday, February 3
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
Mrs. Garrett and the girls head for a vacation in Paris.
Tuesday, February 4
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
The girls escape from boarding school to seek adventure in Paris.
Tuesday, February 4
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
While in Paris, Mrs. Garrett attends a French culinary school, and the girls meet the local people.
Tuesday, February 4
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
Jo finds it difficult to leave Paris and her new boyfriend.
Tuesday, February 4
Ain't Miss Beholden
Season 4 • Episode 1
Jo's future at Eastland is in jeopardy when she learns her scholarship funds are drying up.
Tuesday, February 4
The Source
Season 4 • Episode 2
Natalie refuses to reveal her source for a controversial article in the school paper.
Tuesday, February 4
The Sound of Silence
Season 4 • Episode 3
Geri tries to give Tootie sound advice when she learns that Tootie is losing her hearing.
Tuesday, February 4
The Oldest Living Graduate
Season 4 • Episode 4
Jo wins the heart and money of Eastland's oldest living graduate.
Tuesday, February 4
Different Drummer
Season 4 • Episode 5
Blair's decision to tutor a mentally retarded young man causes more harm than good.
Tuesday, February 4
Dearest Mommie
Season 4 • Episode 6
Upset Natalie searches for her natural mother.
Tuesday, February 4
A Woman's Place
Season 4 • Episode 7
Jo is promoted to boss over her boyfriend.
Tuesday, February 4
The Graduate
Season 7 • Episode 23
Tootie is more concerned with a theatrical audition than with her upcoming high-school graduation.
Tuesday, February 4
The Apartment
Season 7 • Episode 24
Natalie and Tootie make some discoveries when they move into an apartment together.
Tuesday, February 4
For the Asking
Season 4 • Episode 10
Natalie may end up the odd woman out when she boycotts a school dance.
Tuesday, February 4
September Song
Season 4 • Episode 11
Mrs. Garrett receives a marriage proposal.
Tuesday, February 4
A Royal Pain
Season 4 • Episode 12
Tootie discovers that the new student, a young princess, plans to run away.
Tuesday, February 4
Magnificent Obsession
Season 4 • Episode 13
Blair's behavior toward her new boyfriend could cost her her self-respect and her best friends.
Wednesday, February 5
Under Pressure
Season 4 • Episode 14
The girls are determined to do everything in their power to spare Mrs. Garrett unnecessary stress.
Wednesday, February 5
Teacher's Pet
Season 4 • Episode 15
Jo is furious when she learns that a favorite teacher is planning to leave Eastland.
Wednesday, February 5
Let's Party
Season 4 • Episode 16
A night out teaches a lesson about drunken driving.
Wednesday, February 5
Best Sister
Season 4 • Episode 17
Blair's sister decides to become a nun.
Wednesday, February 5
Best Sister
Season 4 • Episode 18
Blair believes that she is the only one capable of keeping her sister and Jo from becoming nuns.
Wednesday, February 5
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Season 4 • Episode 19
A series of events disrupts Mrs. Garrett's attempts to entertain French visitors.
Wednesday, February 5
Who's on First
Season 4 • Episode 20
Tootie feels ignored when Natalie devotes all of her time to her new boyfriend.
Wednesday, February 5
Help From Home
Season 4 • Episode 21
Jo decides to forgo college after a visit home.
Wednesday, February 5
Take My Finals, Please
Season 4 • Episode 22
Despite Mrs. Garrett's objections, the girls settle in for an all-night study session.
Wednesday, February 5
Graduation
Season 4 • Episode 23
Blair and Jo share a common feeling of disdain toward their graduation from Eastland.
Wednesday, February 5
Ready or Not
Season 8 • Episode 3
The girls fear that Tootie and her boyfriend are becoming too serious.
Wednesday, February 5
Where's Poppa?
Season 8 • Episode 10
Blair is horrified when her father is indicted.
Wednesday, February 5
Brave New World
Season 5 • Episode 2
Mrs. Garrett's move causes new problems.
Wednesday, February 5
Gamma Gamma or Bust
Season 5 • Episode 3
Blair fires sorority-party caterer Mrs. Garrett.
Wednesday, February 5
Just My Bill
Season 5 • Episode 4
Jo's new boyfriend turns out to be wealthy.
Wednesday, February 5
What Price Glory?
Season 5 • Episode 5
Tootie learns that her college-bound boyfriend is illiterate.
Thursday, February 6
Off Broadway Baby
Season 8 • Episode 5
Tootie has competition for a Broadway audition.
Thursday, February 6
The Little Chill
Season 8 • Episode 6
The girls reunite with schoolmates from Eastland.
Friday, February 7
The Halloween Show
Season 5 • Episode 6
A customer mysteriously vanishes on Halloween.
Friday, February 7
Advance Placement
Season 5 • Episode 7
Natalie feels superior when she is allowed to take a course at Langley College.
Friday, February 7
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Season 5 • Episode 8
Jo and Blair bring Mrs. Garrett to an exotic dance club for her birthday.
Friday, February 7
Small but Dangerous
Season 5 • Episode 9
Mrs. Garrett and the girls become victims when they befriend a street punk.
Friday, February 7
Store Games
Season 5 • Episode 10
The girls attempt to rescue Edna's Edibles from financial disaster.
Friday, February 7
The Second Time Around
Season 5 • Episode 11
Jo's plan to reunite her parents runs into trouble.
Friday, February 7
The Christmas Show
Season 5 • Episode 12
Blair devises a way to get Jo to take a money gift.
Friday, February 7
The Chain Letter
Season 5 • Episode 13
The girls' work habits endanger the shop.
Friday, February 7
Next Door
Season 5 • Episode 14
A 7-year-old boy refuses to leave his apartment during an evacuation.
Friday, February 7
Crossing the Line
Season 5 • Episode 15
Natalie upsets Tootie by dating Tootie's cousin.
Friday, February 7
The Ratings Game
Season 8 • Episode 7
Jo botches up Blair's latest computerized date-rating service.
Friday, February 7
Fast Food
Season 8 • Episode 9
Blair must work at a taco stand as a requirement for her business degree.
Friday, February 7
Big Fish, Little Fish
Season 5 • Episode 18
Blair can't deal with Jo's increasing popularity.
Friday, February 7
Star at Langley
Season 5 • Episode 19
Blair has to compete for her boyfriend's attention when a movie star enrolls at Langley College.
Saturday, February 8
Ain't Miss Beholden
Season 4 • Episode 1
Jo's future at Eastland is in jeopardy when she learns her scholarship funds are drying up.
Saturday, February 8
The Source
Season 4 • Episode 2
Natalie refuses to reveal her source for a controversial article in the school paper.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
Where's Poppa?
Season 8 • Episode 10
Blair is horrified when her father is indicted.
Monday, February 10
Write & Wrong
Season 8 • Episode 11
Someone called "Desiree" plagiarizes Natalie.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 10
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
Seven Little Indians
Season 8 • Episode 12
Tootie sees a horror movie and then has a nightmare in which her friends are stalked by a killer.
Tuesday, February 11
The Greek Connection
Season 8 • Episode 13
Natalie's article angers sorority pledge Tootie.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 11
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
Post-Christmas Card
Season 8 • Episode 14
Natalie's in trouble after she gets a pre-approved credit card.
Wednesday, February 12
Wedding Day
Season 8 • Episode 8
Jo takes drastic measures to prevent the deportation of an illegal alien.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, February 12
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Thursday, February 13
Cupid's Revenge
Season 8 • Episode 17
Old loves reappear in the lives of Beverly Ann and the girls.
Thursday, February 13
Out of Peekskill
Season 8 • Episode 1
Mrs. Garrett must choose between staying in Peekskill or following her boyfriend to Africa.
Friday, February 14
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, February 14
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, February 14
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, February 14
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, February 14
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, February 14
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, February 14
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, February 14
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, February 14
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, February 14
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, February 14
Out of Peekskill
Season 8 • Episode 2
When Mrs. Garrett decides to marry and move to Africa, her sister moves in with the girls.
Friday, February 14
Till Marriage Do Us Part
Season 9 • Episode 19
Jo and Blair both receive interesting, if unexpected, proposals from their boyfriends.
Friday, February 14
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, February 14
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Saturday, February 15
The Sound of Silence
Season 4 • Episode 3
Geri tries to give Tootie sound advice when she learns that Tootie is losing her hearing.
Saturday, February 15
The Oldest Living Graduate
Season 4 • Episode 4
Jo wins the heart and money of Eastland's oldest living graduate.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, February 17
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, February 18
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
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