Edna Garrett: Last News

For the third time in as many years, Jimmy Kimmel and TV legend Norman Lear joined forces to put on live performances of classic TV episodes with star-studded casts with Live In Front of a Studio Audience.The first special aired in May 2019 featuring classic episodes of All in the Family and The Jeffersons, with the second airing in December 2019, featuring All in the Family and Good Times.This year's special featured two classic episodes of Diff'rent Strokes and its spin-off The Facts of Life, with Jennifer Aniston leading an all-star cast as Blair Warner and Ann Dowd pulling double-duty as Edna Garrett in both episodes, with some amazing surprise guests such as Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Snoop Dogg.

"Facts of Life" is celebrating its 44th anniversary. The show followed four girls attending the Eastland School, and their relationship with their dorm mother, Mrs. Garrett.

TV throwback! Jennifer Aniston, Kathryn Hahn and more major stars are set to put a fresh take on the classic 1970s sitcom The Facts of Life in a new Live in Front of a Studio Audience special.

“The Facts of Life” is coming back for one night only with a star-studded cast.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeYou take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have: “The Facts of Life.” But there’s no bad, only good — no, make that great — casting here for next week’s “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” remake of the classic 1980s sitcom.Joining the previously announced Ann Dowd (as Edna Garrett) will be Jennifer Aniston as Blair, Gabrielle Union as Tootie, Allison Tolman as Natalie and Kathryn Hahn as Jo.