You take the good, you take the bad, and there you have... nine seasons and over 200 episodes of one of the most successful sitcoms of all time. Spun out of NBC's other wildly popular series ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. Aug 24, 2025, 01:42pm EDT THE FACTS OF LIFE — Pictured: (clockwise from ...

THE FACTS OF LIFE — Pictured: (center) Nancy McKeon as Joanna 'Jo' Marie Polniaczek Bonner, Mindy Cohn as Natalie Letisha Sage Green, Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Edna Ann Garrett, Lisa Whelchel as Blair ...

The Facts of Life, one of the most beloved sitcoms of the 1980s, debuted on NBC 45 years ago on August 24, 1979, ending in 1988 after nine seasons. A spin-off from Diff’rent Strokes, the series ...

"You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have... the facts of life, the facts of life." If you're a child of the 1980s, those words, the first lines in a theme song ...

More than 40 years after its premiere, The Facts of Life is still giving Us something to talk about.The sitcom debuted on NBC in August 1979 as a spinoff of Diff'rent Strokes. The Facts of Life aired ...