The Facts of Life (1979)
Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Wednesday, July 9
Talk, Talk, Talk
Season 6 • Episode 10
Jo is handed the tough assignment of hosting a five-hour radio program.
Wednesday, July 9
Smile
Season 6 • Episode 11
Natalie has the opportunity to break into journalism, but she may lose her boyfriend in the process.
Wednesday, July 9
The Rich Aren't Different
Season 6 • Episode 12
Blair seeks payment after Jo breaks her watch.
Wednesday, July 9
Christmas in the Bighouse
Season 6 • Episode 13
Mrs. Garrett and the girls stage a Christmas show at an orphanage.
Wednesday, July 9
Working It Out
Season 6 • Episode 15
Mrs. Garrett and the girls express concern over Blair's obsessive dating and irrational behavior.
Wednesday, July 9
Jazzbeau
Season 6 • Episode 16
Tootie and Natalie recall the summer they met a memorable jazz singer.
Wednesday, July 9
Two Guys From Appleton
Season 6 • Episode 17
Mrs. Garrett's high-school beau reappears.
Wednesday, July 9
With a Little Help From My Friends
Season 6 • Episode 18
Jo fears Blair's boyfriend is using drugs.
Wednesday, July 9
A Star Is Torn
Season 8 • Episode 15
A young singer (Stacey Q) gets support from Tootie and the girls.
Wednesday, July 9
A Winter's Tale
Season 8 • Episode 16
On a ski trip, the girls are accidentally double-booked into a room filled with young men.
Wednesday, July 9
The Last Drive-In
Season 6 • Episode 22
The girls plan to spend a quiet night at the movies before the drive-in closes for good.
Wednesday, July 9
Sisters
Season 6 • Episode 23
A budding romance develops between Blair's mother and Jo's father.
Wednesday, July 9
It's Lonely at the Top
Season 6 • Episode 24
Blair manages the shop in Mrs. Garrett's absence.
Thursday, July 10
Cupid's Revenge
Season 8 • Episode 17
Old loves reappear in the lives of Beverly Ann and the girls.
Thursday, July 10
62 Pick-Up
Season 8 • Episode 18
Visits by Bobby Rydell and Fabian inspire fantasies.
Friday, July 11
The Interview Show
Season 6 • Episode 26
A former Eastland student interviews Mrs. Garrett and the girls for her latest novel.
Friday, July 11
Into the Frying Pan
Season 7 • Episode 2
A young contractor agrees to rebuild the shop.
Friday, July 11
Grand Opening
Season 7 • Episode 3
The girls and Mrs. Garrett encounter some difficulties on opening day at their new boutique.
Friday, July 11
Teacher, Teacher
Season 7 • Episode 4
Jo must make a decision between a teaching job and an offer from a major corporation.
Friday, July 11
Men for All Seasons
Season 7 • Episode 5
The college objects to Natalie's swim-team calendar.
Friday, July 11
A New Life
Season 7 • Episode 6
Blair fears the worst when she discovers her mother is pregnant.
Friday, July 11
Doo Wah
Season 7 • Episode 7
The girls hastily form a singing act after Andy enters them in a band contest.
Friday, July 11
Come Back to the Truck Stop, Natalie Green, Natalie Green
Season 7 • Episode 8
Natalie travels to a truck stop where she involves her friends in an unusual musical fantasy.
Friday, July 11
Boy About the House
Season 8 • Episode 19
Beverly Ann initiates proceedings to adopt Andy when his foster parents separate.
Friday, July 11
Ex Marks the Spot
Season 8 • Episode 20
Beverly Ann's ex-spouse wants to renew their romance.
Friday, July 11
Ballroom Dance
Season 7 • Episode 12
When Jo decides to take dancing lessons, she attempts to hide the fact from her friends.
Friday, July 11
Tootie Drives
Season 7 • Episode 14
Mrs. Garrett helps a nervous Tootie prepare for her driving test.
Monday, July 14
The Reunion
Season 7 • Episode 17
Jo agrees to pose as George's fiancée at his high-school reunion to impress his former girlfriend.
Monday, July 14
Atlantic City
Season 7 • Episode 19
The girls travel to Atlantic City, N.J., to see Jo's old flame, rock 'n' roll singer Flyman.
Monday, July 14
The Lady Who Came to Dinner
Season 7 • Episode 20
The girls have an unexpected guest when they celebrate Blair's 21st birthday.
Monday, July 14
The Candidate
Season 7 • Episode 21
Angry Natalie decides to run for mayor of Peekskill.
Monday, July 14
The Graduate
Season 7 • Episode 23
Tootie is more concerned with a theatrical audition than with her upcoming high-school graduation.
Monday, July 14
The Apartment
Season 7 • Episode 24
Natalie and Tootie make some discoveries when they move into an apartment together.
Monday, July 14
Out of Peekskill
Season 8 • Episode 1
Mrs. Garrett must choose between staying in Peekskill or following her boyfriend to Africa.
Monday, July 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.
Monday, July 14
Ready or Not
Season 8 • Episode 3
The girls fear that Tootie and her boyfriend are becoming too serious.
Monday, July 14
Another Room
Season 8 • Episode 4
Jo finds it difficult to pay her share of transforming the attic into a loft.
Monday, July 14
Younger Than Springtime
Season 8 • Episode 21
Blair unwittingly pairs Charlie with a 23-year-old.
Monday, July 14
This Is Only a Test
Season 8 • Episode 22
Blair takes an admittance exam for law school.
Monday, July 14
The Ratings Game
Season 8 • Episode 7
Jo botches up Blair's latest computerized date-rating service.
Monday, July 14
Fast Food
Season 8 • Episode 9
Blair must work at a taco stand as a requirement for her business degree.
Monday, July 14
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.
Monday, July 14
Post-Christmas Card
Season 8 • Episode 14
Natalie's in trouble after she gets a pre-approved credit card.
Tuesday, July 15
A Star Is Torn
Season 8 • Episode 15
A young singer (Stacey Q) gets support from Tootie and the girls.
Tuesday, July 15
Cupid's Revenge
Season 8 • Episode 17
Old loves reappear in the lives of Beverly Ann and the girls.
Tuesday, July 15
Boy About the House
Season 8 • Episode 19
Beverly Ann initiates proceedings to adopt Andy when his foster parents separate.
Tuesday, July 15
Ex Marks the Spot
Season 8 • Episode 20
Beverly Ann's ex-spouse wants to renew their romance.
Tuesday, July 15
A Rose by Any Other Age
Season 9 • Episode 8
Blair is stunned when her law school study partner falls for Beverly Ann.
Tuesday, July 15
Adventures in Baileysitting
Season 9 • Episode 9
Blair learns a lesson about motherhood when she agrees to baby-sit her little sister.
Tuesday, July 15
Golden Oldies
Season 9 • Episode 11
It is 40 years into the future and the girls are back together in the same house.
Tuesday, July 15
Less Than Perfect
Season 9 • Episode 18
A scar received in a car accident mars Blair's personality as well as her face.
Tuesday, July 15
Till Marriage Do Us Part
Season 9 • Episode 19
Jo and Blair both receive interesting, if unexpected, proposals from their boyfriends.
Tuesday, July 15
Rites of Passage
Season 8 • Episode 23
Jo's grandfather travels from Poland to see her graduate from college.
Tuesday, July 15
Rights of Passage, Too
Season 8 • Episode 24
The girls make decisions about summer plans.
Tuesday, July 15
Overachieving
Season 1 • Episode 5
Tootie's father wants to remove her from Mrs. Garrett's care.
Tuesday, July 15
Emily Dickinson
Season 1 • Episode 6
Blair's solution to a problem puts the honor of the school at stake.
Wednesday, July 16
Dieting
Season 1 • Episode 7
Sue Ann goes on a crash diet after the pressure of everyone's body-consciousness.
Wednesday, July 16
The Facts of Love
Season 1 • Episode 8
Blair decides to put a sex-education lesson to use.
Wednesday, July 16
Flash Flood
Season 1 • Episode 9
A serious flood hits Peekskill; Blair and Tootie are trapped; Mr. Bradley attempts to rescue them.
Wednesday, July 16
Running
Season 1 • Episode 11
Mr. Bradley sets out to keep the school's championship track title.
Wednesday, July 16
Molly's Holliday
Season 1 • Episode 12
The girls plan to reconcile Molly's divorcing folks.
Wednesday, July 16
Dope
Season 1 • Episode 13
Blair and Sue Ann decide to join an exclusive group of girls whose favorite pastime is marijuana.
Wednesday, July 16
The New Girl
Season 2 • Episode 1
Mrs. Garrett assigns a streetwise student to be Blair's roommate.
Wednesday, July 16
Double Standard
Season 2 • Episode 3
Jo attends a country club cotillion with Blair's suave childhood friend.
Wednesday, July 16
The Facts of Life Down Under
Season 8 •
A trip to Australia takes a surprising turn.
Wednesday, July 16
The Facts of Life Down Under
Season 8 •
While in Sydney, Blair and Jo are pursued by two men who claim to be police officers.
Wednesday, July 16
Shoplifting
Season 2 • Episode 6
Jo "picks up" an expensive gift for Mrs. Garrett's birthday.
Wednesday, July 16
Teenage Marriage
Season 2 • Episode 8
Mrs. Garrett and the girls try to delay Jo's marriage.
Wednesday, July 16
Gossip
Season 2 • Episode 9
Tootie's gossiping causes a rift between Blair, Jo and Nancy; it almost costs Mrs. Garrett her job.
Thursday, July 17
The Facts of Life Down Under
Season 8 •
Jewel thieves pursue Jo and Blair in Australia; Beverly Ann rekindles an old romance.
Friday, July 18
Breaking Point
Season 2 • Episode 10
Blair learns her opponent in the student council race is suffering through a crisis.
Friday, July 18
The Secret
Season 2 • Episode 12
Jo fears her classmates will find out about her father's disreputable past.
Friday, July 18
Bought and Sold
Season 2 • Episode 13
Cosmetics saleswoman Blair, gives Tootie a new look.
Friday, July 18
Pretty Babies
Season 2 • Episode 14
A top fashion photographer arrives on campus to search for the new face of the '80s.
Friday, July 18
Free Spirit
Season 2 • Episode 15
Mrs. Garrett's son, Alex, pays a visit to Eastland and captures Natalie's attention.
Friday, July 18
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.
Friday, July 18
Down and Out in Malibu
Season 9 • Episode 1
Desperate Jo takes a housesitting job in Malibu.
Friday, July 18
Down and Out in Malibu
Season 9 • Episode 2
Upon his return home, actor Richard Moll finds a group of "trespassers" and has them arrested.
Friday, July 18
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, July 18
A Friend in Deed
Season 3 • Episode 4
Blair inadvertently discovers her mother has a serious illness; her mother has breast cancer.
Friday, July 18
Front Page
Season 3 • Episode 5
Jo's chance to write a hot news story leads her on a trail of revenge.
Friday, July 18
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, July 21
Rumor Has It
Season 9 • Episode 3
Blair decides to quit law school after a rumor circulates about her and a womanizing professor.
Monday, July 21
Before the Fall
Season 9 • Episode 4
Natalie goes under cover as an ROTC cadet to get a news story.
Tuesday, July 22
Up From Down Under
Season 9 • Episode 6
A visitor claims to be a new exchange student from Australia.
Wednesday, July 23
The More the Marrier
Season 9 • Episode 7
Tootie forces Jeff to decide about their future.
Wednesday, July 23
A Rose by Any Other Age
Season 9 • Episode 8
Blair is stunned when her law school study partner falls for Beverly Ann.
Thursday, July 24
Adventures in Baileysitting
Season 9 • Episode 9
Blair learns a lesson about motherhood when she agrees to baby-sit her little sister.
Thursday, July 24
It's a Wonderful Christmas
Season 9 • Episode 10
Stricken with the holiday blues, Beverly Ann has her own "It's a Wonderful Life" experience.
Friday, July 25
Golden Oldies
Season 9 • Episode 11
It is 40 years into the future and the girls are back together in the same house.
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