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The Facts of Life is an American television sitcom created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon that originally aired on NBC for nine seasons from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988. Originally a spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes, the series follows Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother and later dietitian at the fictional Eastland School, an all-girls boarding school in Peekskill, New York.