“The Facts of Life” originally ran on network television from 1979 – 1988, and was a spin-off of the classic sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes. “The Handmaid’s Tale” Emmy winner Ann Dowd, 65, will star as housemother Mrs. Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear will serve as producers. The 90-minute special is set to air on ABC Dec. “I cannot imagine a better group than Jennifer Aniston, Allison Tolman, Gabrielle Union, and Kathryn Hahn, and I can’t wait to do their hair,” Kimmel was quoted as saying. Gabrielle Union, 49, Kathryn Hahn, 48, and Allison Tolman, 40, were also all confirmed by ABC as per Variety to star opposite Aniston in the “The Facts of Life” reboot, which was set at boarding school for girls.
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The fact that Aniston, 52, has been cast as a teenager in the TV special may raise some eyebrows, but it’s all a part of the fun. It will be available on Hulu the following day.Īniston will play private school girl Blair Warner in the one-off revival, titled “Live In Front of a Studio Audience,” which will be produced by Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear. The beloved actress will recreate episodes of the classic sitcom “The Facts of Life” for a 90-minute special set to air on ABC Dec. Jennifer Aniston is returning to network television - for one night only. ‘Friends’ characters transformed into toddlers with AI Jennifer Aniston’s new workout routine: ‘Better than anything I’ve ever done’ ‘Friends’ replaced Jennifer Aniston in an episode - no one noticed for over a decade That said, taking on Diff’frent Strokes in any way carries a special weight, given the fact that both Plato (at 34, from an intentional prescription drug overdose) and Coleman (at 42, after suffering a fall) died at young ages Todd Bridges (who played Willis) went through years of drug abuse and was tried and acquitted of murder in 1988 and both Conrad Bain and Charlotte Rae passed away during the past decade.Jennifer Aniston’s ‘go-to’ collagen supplement recalled over contamination fears With the personalities involved, maybe two handfuls.” (FWIW: Jennifer Aniston, in an ABC featurette, said that The Facts of Life will feature “three unexpected visitors,” presumably in addition to Jon Stewart’s “mystery” role.)Īs usual, the specific episodes being revisited is also intended as a surprise, though Miller confirms for TVLine that Diff’rent Strokes is not tackling what we will call “ the Gordon Jump episode.” (As the EP explained, “After the pandemic and our two-year break, we really wanted to lighten things up.”) How many such surprise guests can viewers expect across the two episodes? Lear quipped, “About 44!,” while Miller himself narrowed it down to “over a handful. “We do have surprise guests, and we intentionally want to keep it that, way, to keep it fun and exciting, to make sure people stay tuned for both episodes.” As recently announced, immediately following 'Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diffrent Strokes,' workplace comedy 'Abbott Elementary,' starring and executive produced by Quinta Brunson, will debut with a special early premiere on TUESDAY, DEC. Notably missing from the announcement for this third Live in Front of a Studio Audience special was any casting for Diff’rent Strokes‘ Kimberly, but don’t take that to mean they’re recreating one of the few episodes from which the late Dana Plato’s character was absent or light. Lear concurs, saying “I enjoyed as if I had never spent a day in show business.” But I have to say, Norman and I went to the table read on Wednesday and Thursday, and instinct was spot on.” Miller admits that “when we were talking about casting Facts of Life the same age as the women who are still with us” - meaning, OG cast members Lisa Whelchel, Nancy McKeon, Mindy Cohn and Kim Fields - “I was a little confused. You Light Up My Christmas will premier on Lifetime on December 1, and it will star Kim Fields. At the time, I didn’t know: Is he going to want to cast everybody old, or is he just going to have the joke be Kevin? But as we started talking through it, it made sense to be consistent with that conceit of having older people play kids.” CNN If getting the cast of The Facts of Life is on your Christmas list, you’re in luck.
“He had mentioned it when we were doing our second special, that the third one has to be Kevin Hart. “It started with Jimmy and his desire to have Kevin Hart play Arnold Jackson, the Gary Coleman role,” Miller, who is Lear’s creative partner, tells TVLine. The choice to cast adults as kids, while an obvious play for word of mouth/publicity, was met by potential viewers with some confusion and in extreme cases rather righteous indignation, but it was set in motion more than two years ago. Similarly, the live staging of The Facts of Life - which follows teen girls at a prep school - stars Jennifer Aniston ( Friends) as Blair, Kathryn Hahn ( WandaVision) as Jo, Allison Tolman ( Fargo) as Natalie and Gabrielle Union ( L.A.’s Finest) as Tootie, alongside Dowd’s Mrs. The Wonder Years Recap: Phoebe Robinson and Tituss Burgess Drop by the Season 2 Premiere - Grade It!
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