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Jon Stewart has joined Jennifer Aniston, Gabrielle Union, Kathryn Hahn and Allison Tolman in the cast of ABC‘s forthcoming live The Facts of Life revival special.
The live episode, which is set to air on December 7 as part of the network’s third Live in Front of a Studio Audience special, will feature Stewart in a “surprise role,” according to ABC.
The Facts of Life re-enactment will accompany a staging of its parent show, Diff’rent Strokes, which will feature Kevin Hart, John Lithgow and Damon Wayans. Ann Dowd will appear in both episodes as Mrs. Garrett, the role played by Charlotte Rae on Diff’rent Strokes and then The Facts of Life.
Stewart currently hosts and executive produces The Problem With Jon Stewart on Apple TV+. The former Daily Show anchor will be taking on his first on-camera acting role that’s not a version of himself since 2002’s Death to Smoochy.
The Facts of Life ran from 1979-1988 and centered on a group of students at a girls’ boarding school. Mrs. Garrett was first a house mother, then the school dietitian and later the proprietor of a gourmet food business where the four leads — Blair (Lisa Whelchel), Tootie (Kim Fields), Natalie (Mindy Cohn) and Jo (Nancy McKeon) — worked. Aniston will play Blair in the special, while Union will play Tootie, Tolman will play Natalie and Hahn will play Jo.
Although there were not many prominent male roles on the show, Mackenzie Astin had the longest male role portraying foster child Andy, who worked at Mrs. Garrett’s shop. Many are familiar with handyman George Burnett since the character was played by George Clooney in his early acting days.
Norman Lear and Jimmy Kimmel executive produce Live in Front of a Studio Audience. Lear’s Act III Productions partner Brent Miller, Kerry Washington (via her Simpson Street), Will Ferrell (via Gloria Sanchez Productions), Justin Theroux and Jim Burrows also exec produce; Burrows and Andy Fisher will direct. Sony Pictures TV, where Lear is based, is producing the special.
Lear’s companies Tandem Productions and Embassy Communications produced Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life.
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