ABC has removed the curtain from the third installment in its series. Live in front a Studio Audience franchise. Jimmy Kimmel revealed on Thursday’s late-night program that the special of 90 minutes will recreate episodes from comedies Diff’rent StrokesIts spinoff Facts of Life
The live event will air from 8-9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 7.
The cast for theDiff’rent StrokesThe re-do is fascinating: John Lithgow will portray Mr. Drummond, Kevin Hart portrays Arnold, Damon Wayans is Willis, Ann Dowd portrays Mrs. Garrett. The Facts of life Cast is TBA
Live before a Studio Audience‘s executive producers Norman Lear, Jimmy Kimmel, Brent Miller, Kerry Washington, Will Ferrell, Justin Theroux and Jim Burrows are returning for this round.
“Other than with my family, there’s no place I’d rather be in my 100th year than on a soundstage at Sony with these glorious actors reliving what our company had produced all those years ago and sharing it with the millions of viewers who could use a little laughter,”Lear stated.
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Diff’rent StrokesThe series aired from 1978 to 1985 on ABC and featured Conrad Bain and Dana Plato, Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges. Facts of LifeThe series debuted in 1979 and ran through 1988. Its evolving main cast included Rae — whose Mrs. Garrett character was the link between the two sitcoms — Mindy Cohn, Nancy McKeon and Lisa Whelclel.
Charlotte Rae is gone: Charlotte Rae was a mother on the house ‘The Facts Of Life’Was 92
The first two installments of Sony Pictures Television’s Live in front a Studio AudienceEpisodes of Lear classics re-created All in the FamilyIts spinoffThe JeffersonsSpring 2019, and a new All in the FamilyEpisode was remade with one of its innovative spinoffs. Good TimesThat winter.
The special will be broadcast on ABC for one night, and then it will be streamed on Hulu the next day.
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes will be produced by Kimmelot, ACT III Productions, Gary Sanchez Productions, D’Arconville, Simpson Street and Sony Pictures Television. Burrows, Andy Fisher and D’Arconville will be directing the live show.