<P> The Facts of Life is an American sitcom and a spin - off of Diff'rent Strokes that originally aired on NBC from August 24 , 1979 to May 7 , 1988 , making it one of the longest - running sitcoms of the 1980s . The series focuses on Edna Garrett ( Charlotte Rae ) as she becomes a housemother ( and after the second season , a dietitian as well ) at the fictional Eastland School , an all - female boarding school in Peekskill , New York . </P>
<P> The Facts of Life is an American sitcom and a spin - off of Diff'rent Strokes that originally aired on NBC from August 24 , 1979 to May 7 , 1988 , making it one of the longest - running sitcoms of the 1980s . The series focuses on Edna Garrett ( Charlotte Rae ) as she becomes a housemother ( and after the second season , a dietitian as well ) at the fictional Eastland School , an all - female boarding school in Peekskill , New York . </P>
where did the facts of life take place
where did the facts of life take place
at the fictional Eastland School , an all - female boarding school in Peekskill , New York
at the fictional Eastland School , an all - female boarding school in Peekskill , New York