The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life was a spinoff of the popular NBC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. It ran on the NBC network from 1979 to 1988 and was produced first by TAT Communications, then Embassy Television, followed by Embassy Communications, and finally, Columbia Pictures Television (through ELP Communications). Today, Sony Pictures Television still distributes the rights to the sitcom.

Made-for-television movies related to the series

• The Facts of Life Goes to Paris - A two-hour TV movie, aired September 25, 1982, in which Mrs. Garrett and the girls travel to France. It was added to the U.S. syndication package as four half-hour shows.
• The Facts of Life Down Under - A two-hour TV movie, aired February 15, 1987, in which the characters got involved in adventures in Australia.
• The Facts of Life Reunion - A two-hour reunion aired on ABC on November 18, 2001, reuniting Rae, Whelchel, Cohn, and Fields showing what their characters had done since the series' end. McKeon did not attend, due to scheduling conflicts with her television series The Division.