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.
Tuesday, March 18
Teacher's Pet
Season 4 • Episode 15
Jo is furious when she learns that a favorite teacher is planning to leave Eastland.
Tuesday, March 18
Let's Party
Season 4 • Episode 16
A night out teaches a lesson about drunken driving.
Tuesday, March 18
Best Sister
Season 4 • Episode 17
Blair's sister decides to become a nun.
Tuesday, March 18
Best Sister
Season 4 • Episode 18
Blair believes that she is the only one capable of keeping her sister and Jo from becoming nuns.
Tuesday, March 18
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Season 4 • Episode 19
A series of events disrupts Mrs. Garrett's attempts to entertain French visitors.
Tuesday, March 18
Who's on First
Season 4 • Episode 20
Tootie feels ignored when Natalie devotes all of her time to her new boyfriend.
Tuesday, March 18
Help From Home
Season 4 • Episode 21
Jo decides to forgo college after a visit home.
Tuesday, March 18
Take My Finals, Please
Season 4 • Episode 22
Despite Mrs. Garrett's objections, the girls settle in for an all-night study session.
Tuesday, March 18
Graduation
Season 4 • Episode 23
Blair and Jo share a common feeling of disdain toward their graduation from Eastland.
Tuesday, March 18
Graduation
Season 4 • Episode 24
Blair and Jo come to realize that they have learned more at Eastland than just academics.
Tuesday, March 18
The Facts of Love
Season 1 • Episode 8
Blair decides to put a sex-education lesson to use.
Tuesday, March 18
Flash Flood
Season 1 • Episode 9
A serious flood hits Peekskill; Blair and Tootie are trapped; Mr. Bradley attempts to rescue them.
Tuesday, March 18
Gamma Gamma or Bust
Season 5 • Episode 3
Blair fires sorority-party caterer Mrs. Garrett.
Tuesday, March 18
Just My Bill
Season 5 • Episode 4
Jo's new boyfriend turns out to be wealthy.
Tuesday, March 18
What Price Glory?
Season 5 • Episode 5
Tootie learns that her college-bound boyfriend is illiterate.
Tuesday, March 18
The Halloween Show
Season 5 • Episode 6
A customer mysteriously vanishes on Halloween.
Wednesday, March 19
Advance Placement
Season 5 • Episode 7
Natalie feels superior when she is allowed to take a course at Langley College.
Wednesday, March 19
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.
Wednesday, March 19
Small but Dangerous
Season 5 • Episode 9
Mrs. Garrett and the girls become victims when they befriend a street punk.
Wednesday, March 19
Store Games
Season 5 • Episode 10
The girls attempt to rescue Edna's Edibles from financial disaster.
Wednesday, March 19
The Second Time Around
Season 5 • Episode 11
Jo's plan to reunite her parents runs into trouble.
Wednesday, March 19
The Christmas Show
Season 5 • Episode 12
Blair devises a way to get Jo to take a money gift.
Wednesday, March 19
The Chain Letter
Season 5 • Episode 13
The girls' work habits endanger the shop.
Wednesday, March 19
Next Door
Season 5 • Episode 14
A 7-year-old boy refuses to leave his apartment during an evacuation.
Wednesday, March 19
Crossing the Line
Season 5 • Episode 15
Natalie upsets Tootie by dating Tootie's cousin.
Wednesday, March 19
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, March 19
Adoption
Season 1 • Episode 10
Adopted Natalie wants to find her natural mother.
Wednesday, March 19
Running
Season 1 • Episode 11
Mr. Bradley sets out to keep the school's championship track title.
Wednesday, March 19
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, March 19
Dream Marriage
Season 5 • Episode 20
Blair dreams of the future for herself and her friends.
Wednesday, March 19
Mother and Daughter
Season 5 • Episode 21
Sparks fly when Tootie and her mother find it difficult to communicate.
Wednesday, March 19
All by Herself
Season 5 • Episode 22
Blair takes away all her cousin Geri's responsibilities in planning a charity auction.
Thursday, March 20
Molly's Holliday
Season 1 • Episode 12
The girls plan to reconcile Molly's divorcing folks.
Thursday, March 20
Dope
Season 1 • Episode 13
Blair and Sue Ann decide to join an exclusive group of girls whose favorite pastime is marijuana.
Friday, March 21
Seems Like Old Times
Season 5 • Episode 23
Jo's Brooklyn boyfriend returns unexpectedly.
Friday, March 21
Joint Custody
Season 5 • Episode 24
The shaky marriage of Mrs. Garrett's son may spell trouble for Edna's Edibles.
Friday, March 21
The Summer of '84
Season 6 • Episode 1
Summer exploits are the topic of discussion when the gang returns from vacation.
Friday, March 21
Slices of Life
Season 6 • Episode 2
Jo's pizza business does better than she planned.
Friday, March 21
Love at First Byte
Season 6 • Episode 3
Natalie takes a risk when she chooses computer dating as the subject of her term paper.
Friday, March 21
My Boyfriend's Back
Season 6 • Episode 4
Tootie faces an important decision as she tries to gain her boyfriend's acceptance.
Friday, March 21
Cruisin'
Season 6 • Episode 5
The girls cruise the streets of downtown Peekskill with hopes of spotting "Mr. Right.".
Friday, March 21
Taking a Chance on Love
Season 6 • Episode 6
Rumors spread across the campus when Jo is seen with her photography professor.
Friday, March 21
Taking a Chance on Love
Season 6 • Episode 7
Jo's relationship with her professor grows more serious.
Friday, March 21
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, March 21
The New Girl
Season 2 • Episode 1
Mrs. Garrett assigns a streetwise student to be Blair's roommate.
Friday, March 21
The New Girl
Season 2 • Episode 2
Mrs. Garrett's plan gets the girls expelled.
Saturday, March 22
Magnificent Obsession
Season 4 • Episode 13
Blair's behavior toward her new boyfriend could cost her her self-respect and her best friends.
Saturday, March 22
Under Pressure
Season 4 • Episode 14
The girls are determined to do everything in their power to spare Mrs. Garrett unnecessary stress.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
Double Standard
Season 2 • Episode 3
Jo attends a country club cotillion with Blair's suave childhood friend.
Monday, March 24
Who Am I?
Season 2 • Episode 4
Tootie's new boyfriend questions the real motives of her white friends.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 24
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
Cousin Geri
Season 2 • Episode 5
A visit by Blair's handicapped cousin brings back a lifelong conflict.
Tuesday, March 25
Shoplifting
Season 2 • Episode 6
Jo "picks up" an expensive gift for Mrs. Garrett's birthday.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, March 25
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
Teenage Marriage
Season 2 • Episode 7
Jo's old boyfriend proposes marriage.
Wednesday, March 26
Teenage Marriage
Season 2 • Episode 8
Mrs. Garrett and the girls try to delay Jo's marriage.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, March 26
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Thursday, March 27
Gossip
Season 2 • Episode 9
Tootie's gossiping causes a rift between Blair, Jo and Nancy; it almost costs Mrs. Garrett her job.
Thursday, March 27
Breaking Point
Season 2 • Episode 10
Blair learns her opponent in the student council race is suffering through a crisis.
Friday, March 28
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, March 28
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, March 28
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, March 28
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, March 28
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, March 28
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, March 28
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, March 28
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, March 28
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, March 28
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, March 28
Sex Symbol
Season 2 • Episode 11
Natalie's first date has unexpected consequences.
Friday, March 28
The Secret
Season 2 • Episode 12
Jo fears her classmates will find out about her father's disreputable past.
Saturday, March 29
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Season 4 • Episode 19
A series of events disrupts Mrs. Garrett's attempts to entertain French visitors.
Saturday, March 29
Let's Party
Season 4 • Episode 16
A night out teaches a lesson about drunken driving.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Monday, March 31
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
Bought and Sold
Season 2 • Episode 13
Cosmetics saleswoman Blair gives Tootie a new look.
Tuesday, April 1
Pretty Babies
Season 2 • Episode 14
A top fashion photographer arrives on campus to search for the new face of the '80s.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Tuesday, April 1
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
Free Spirit
Season 2 • Episode 15
Mrs. Garrett's son, Alex, pays a visit to Eastland and captures Natalie's attention.
Wednesday, April 2
Brian and Sylvia
Season 2 • Episode 16
Tootie and Natalie visit Tootie's aunt Sylvia; they end up in the middle of a marital flare-up.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Wednesday, April 2
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Thursday, April 3
Growing Pains
Season 3 • Episode 1
Blair brings home two bottles of fine European wine, and Tootie drinks some to show she is an adult.
Thursday, April 3
Fear Strikes Back
Season 3 • Episode 2
Natalie is sexually assaulted while retuning home from a campus party.
Friday, April 4
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, April 4
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, April 4
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, April 4
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, April 4
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, April 4
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, April 4
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, April 4
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, April 4
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, April 4
A housemother guides four girls at a school for young women.
Friday, April 4
A Baby in the House
Season 3 • Episode 3
A former Eastland student, now a teenage wife and mother, stops by for a visit.
Friday, April 4
A Friend in Deed
Season 3 • Episode 4
Blair inadvertently discovers her mother has a serious illness; her mother has breast cancer.
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