The Facts of Life (1979)

The Facts of Life (1979) - NBC

NBC

Series

1979

TVG

Sitcom

A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women through teenage challenges at an all-female boarding school.

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1979–1988 Series 9 Seasons209 Episodes

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Monday, April 7

Dearest Mommie

Season 4 • Episode 6

Upset Natalie searches for her natural mother.

Monday, April 7

A Woman's Place

Season 4 • Episode 7

Jo is promoted to boss over her boyfriend.

Monday, April 7

Daddy's Girl

Season 4 • Episode 8

Blair's father uses her as a tax shelter.

Monday, April 7

The Big Fight

Season 4 • Episode 9

Natalie becomes the pawn in a father/son battle.

Monday, April 7

For the Asking

Season 4 • Episode 10

Natalie may end up the odd woman out when she boycotts a school dance.

Monday, April 7

September Song

Season 4 • Episode 11

Mrs. Garrett receives a marriage proposal.

Monday, April 7

A Royal Pain

Season 4 • Episode 12

Tootie discovers that the new student, a young princess, plans to run away.

Monday, April 7

Magnificent Obsession

Season 4 • Episode 13

Blair's behavior toward her new boyfriend could cost her her self-respect and her best friends.

Monday, April 7

Under Pressure

Season 4 • Episode 14

The girls are determined to do everything in their power to spare Mrs. Garrett unnecessary stress.

Monday, April 7

Teacher's Pet

Season 4 • Episode 15

Jo is furious when she learns that a favorite teacher is planning to leave Eastland.

Monday, April 7

Front Page

Season 3 • Episode 5

Jo's chance to write a hot news story leads her on a trail of revenge.

Monday, April 7

Give and Take

Season 3 • Episode 6

Mrs. Garrett must take a second job at the Howard Johnson's when she loses her pension.

Monday, April 7

Best Sister

Season 4 • Episode 18

Blair believes that she is the only one capable of keeping her sister and Jo from becoming nuns.

Monday, April 7

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Season 4 • Episode 19

A series of events disrupts Mrs. Garrett's attempts to entertain French visitors.

Monday, April 7

Who's on First

Season 4 • Episode 20

Tootie feels ignored when Natalie devotes all of her time to her new boyfriend.

Monday, April 7

Help From Home

Season 4 • Episode 21

Jo decides to forgo college after a visit home.

Tuesday, April 8

Take My Finals, Please

Season 4 • Episode 22

Despite Mrs. Garrett's objections, the girls settle in for an all-night study session.

Tuesday, April 8

Graduation

Season 4 • Episode 23

Blair and Jo share a common feeling of disdain toward their graduation from Eastland.

Tuesday, April 8

Graduation

Season 4 • Episode 24

Blair and Jo come to realize that they have learned more at Eastland than just academics.

Tuesday, April 8

Brave New World

Season 5 • Episode 1

Mrs. Garrett is angry; Jo faces expulsion.

Tuesday, April 8

Brave New World

Season 5 • Episode 2

Mrs. Garrett's move causes new problems.

Tuesday, April 8

Gamma Gamma or Bust

Season 5 • Episode 3

Blair fires sorority-party caterer Mrs. Garrett.

Tuesday, April 8

Just My Bill

Season 5 • Episode 4

Jo's new boyfriend turns out to be wealthy.

Tuesday, April 8

What Price Glory?

Season 5 • Episode 5

Tootie learns that her college-bound boyfriend is illiterate.

Tuesday, April 8

The Halloween Show

Season 5 • Episode 6

A customer mysteriously vanishes on Halloween.

Tuesday, April 8

Advance Placement

Season 5 • Episode 7

Natalie feels superior when she is allowed to take a course at Langley College.

Tuesday, April 8

Sweet Sorrow

Season 3 • Episode 7

Jo's relationship with her boyfriend is in jeopardy when she falls for another guy.

Tuesday, April 8

From Russia With Love

Season 3 • Episode 8

Natalie's plans for a private weekend fall through when her grandmother arrives.

Tuesday, April 8

Store Games

Season 5 • Episode 10

The girls attempt to rescue Edna's Edibles from financial disaster.

Tuesday, April 8

The Second Time Around

Season 5 • Episode 11

Jo's plan to reunite her parents runs into trouble.

Tuesday, April 8

The Christmas Show

Season 5 • Episode 12

Blair devises a way to get Jo to take a money gift.

Tuesday, April 8

The Chain Letter

Season 5 • Episode 13

The girls' work habits endanger the shop.

Wednesday, April 9

Next Door

Season 5 • Episode 14

A 7-year-old boy refuses to leave his apartment during an evacuation.

Wednesday, April 9

Crossing the Line

Season 5 • Episode 15

Natalie upsets Tootie by dating Tootie's cousin.

Wednesday, April 9

All or Nothing

Season 5 • Episode 16

Jo learns a lesson in politics when she is elected to the Langley College Board of Regents.

Wednesday, April 9

A Death in the Family

Season 5 • Episode 17

Natalie's father dies unexpectedly.

Wednesday, April 9

Big Fish, Little Fish

Season 5 • Episode 18

Blair can't deal with Jo's increasing popularity.

Wednesday, April 9

Star at Langley

Season 5 • Episode 19

Blair has to compete for her boyfriend's attention when a movie star enrolls at Langley College.

Wednesday, April 9

Dream Marriage

Season 5 • Episode 20

Blair dreams of the future for herself and her friends.

Wednesday, April 9

Mother and Daughter

Season 5 • Episode 21

Sparks fly when Tootie and her mother find it difficult to communicate.

Wednesday, April 9

All by Herself

Season 5 • Episode 22

Blair takes away all her cousin Geri's responsibilities in planning a charity auction.

Wednesday, April 9

Seems Like Old Times

Season 5 • Episode 23

Jo's Brooklyn boyfriend returns unexpectedly.

Wednesday, April 9

Dear Me

Season 3 • Episode 9

Tootie is apprehensive about going on a camping trip with boys from Bates Academy.

Wednesday, April 9

Cousin Geri Returns

Season 3 • Episode 10

Blair is afraid her cousin is being set up for a disappointing romance with the French teacher.

Wednesday, April 9

Slices of Life

Season 6 • Episode 2

Jo's pizza business does better than she planned.

Wednesday, April 9

Love at First Byte

Season 6 • Episode 3

Natalie takes a risk when she chooses computer dating as the subject of her term paper.

Wednesday, April 9

My Boyfriend's Back

Season 6 • Episode 4

Tootie faces an important decision as she tries to gain her boyfriend's acceptance.

Wednesday, April 9

Cruisin'

Season 6 • Episode 5

The girls cruise the streets of downtown Peekskill with hopes of spotting "Mr. Right.".

Thursday, April 10

Legacy

Season 3 • Episode 11

Blair's decision to donate part of her inheritance to Eastland brings unexpected family news.

Thursday, April 10

Green-Eyed Monster

Season 3 • Episode 12

When Tootie beats Natalie for the lead role in the school play, a rift grows between them.

Friday, April 11

Taking a Chance on Love

Season 6 • Episode 6

Rumors spread across the campus when Jo is seen with her photography professor.

Friday, April 11

Taking a Chance on Love

Season 6 • Episode 7

Jo's relationship with her professor grows more serious.

Friday, April 11

E.G.O.C (Edna Garrett on Campus)

Season 6 • Episode 8

Mrs. Garrett hits the books again when she takes a Shakespeare class with Jo and Blair.

Friday, April 11

Dear Apple

Season 6 • Episode 9

The school computer spurts out advice when Blair and Jo become embroiled in a fight.

Friday, April 11

Talk, Talk, Talk

Season 6 • Episode 10

Jo is handed the tough assignment of hosting a five-hour radio program.

Friday, April 11

Smile

Season 6 • Episode 11

Natalie has the opportunity to break into journalism, but she may lose her boyfriend in the process.

Friday, April 11

The Rich Aren't Different

Season 6 • Episode 12

Blair seeks payment after Jo breaks her watch.

Friday, April 11

Christmas in the Bighouse

Season 6 • Episode 13

Mrs. Garrett and the girls stage a Christmas show at an orphanage.

Friday, April 11

Me and Eleanor

Season 6 • Episode 14

Tootie wants Natalie's opinion on her writing.

Friday, April 11

Working It Out

Season 6 • Episode 15

Mrs. Garrett and the girls express concern over Blair's obsessive dating and irrational behavior.

Friday, April 11

The Americanization of Miko

Season 3 • Episode 13

Jo is caught in an international conflict when she meets a new Japanese student.

Friday, April 11

The Marriage Brokers

Season 3 • Episode 14

Blair is curious about Mrs. Garrett's new beau.

Saturday, April 12

Help From Home

Season 4 • Episode 21

Jo decides to forgo college after a visit home.

Saturday, April 12

Take My Finals, Please

Season 4 • Episode 22

Despite Mrs. Garrett's objections, the girls settle in for an all-night study session.

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A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.

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Monday, April 14

Starstruck

Season 3 • Episode 15

Tootie is obsessed with singer Jermaine Jackson.

Monday, April 14

The Four Musketeers

Season 3 • Episode 16

The girls must decide if they want to continue living together.

Monday, April 14

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Tuesday, April 15

The Affair

Season 3 • Episode 17

Natalie is devastated when she sees her father with a strange woman.

Tuesday, April 15

Runaway

Season 3 • Episode 18

Tootie decides to go to New York unchaperoned.

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Wednesday, April 16

New York, New York

Season 3 • Episode 19

Trips home seem to make the Blair/Jo feud worse.

Wednesday, April 16

Kids Can Be Cruel

Season 3 • Episode 20

Natalie's revenge harms an innocent bystander.

Wednesday, April 16

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Thursday, April 17

Mind Your Own Business

Season 3 • Episode 21

Blair begins a war over the right to privacy.

Thursday, April 17

The Academy

Season 3 • Episode 22

Blair's cadet date is really a delinquent.

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Friday, April 18

Jo's Cousin

Season 3 • Episode 23

Jo's 14-year-old cousin wants her overprotective father and brothers to recognize her femininity.

Friday, April 18

Read No Evil

Season 3 • Episode 24

The issue of book banning arises at Eastland.

Saturday, April 19

Graduation

Season 4 • Episode 23

Blair and Jo share a common feeling of disdain toward their graduation from Eastland.

Saturday, April 19

Graduation

Season 4 • Episode 24

Blair and Jo come to realize that they have learned more at Eastland than just academics.

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