{"id":29863,"date":"2021-11-19T10:34:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=29863"},"modified":"2021-11-19T10:34:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:34:45","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-and-norman-lears-emmy-award-winning-live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-makes-a-highly-anticipated-return-with-the-facts-of-life-and-diffrent-strokes-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/19\/jimmy-kimmel-and-norman-lears-emmy-award-winning-live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-makes-a-highly-anticipated-return-with-the-facts-of-life-and-diffrent-strokes-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear&#8217;s Emmy Award-Winning &#8220;Live in Front of a Studio Audience&#8221; Makes a Highly-Anticipated Return with &#8220;The Facts of Life&#8221; and &#8220;Diff&#8217;rent Strokes&#8221; [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29866\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-facts.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-facts.webp 555w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-facts-203x300.webp 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Emmy\u00ae Award-winning &#8220;<strong><em>Live in Front of a Studio Audience<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; makes its highly anticipated return with a third iteration, featuring live reenactments of the hit series &#8220;<strong><em>The Facts of Life<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, and &#8220;<strong><em>Diff&#8217;rent Strokes<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; created by Bernie Kukoff and Jeff Harris. &#8220;<em>Live in Front of a Studio Audience: &#8216;The Facts of Life<\/em>&#8216;<em> and &#8216;Diff&#8217;rent Strokes<\/em>&#8216;&#8221; premieres Tuesday, December 7 @ 8PM EST, on ABC.<\/p>\n<p>The one-night-only live event will reunite executive producers Norman Lear, Jimmy Kimmel, Brent Miller, Kerry Washington, Will Ferrell, Justin Theroux, and Jim Burrows and will feature an all-star cast with John Lithgow who will play Mr.Drummond, Kevin Hart assuming the role of Arnold and Damon Wayans and Ann Dowd who will play Willis and Mrs. Garrett in&#8221;<em>Diff&#8217;rent Strokes<\/em>.&#8221; The cast of &#8220;<em>The Facts of Life<\/em>&#8221; will be named at a later date.<\/p><div id=\"morty-4113307251\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/saie9H-XcAU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As recently announced, immediately following &#8220;<em>Live in Front of a Studio Audience: &#8216;The Facts of Life&#8217; and &#8216;Diff&#8217;rent Strokes<\/em>,'&#8221; workplace comedy &#8220;<strong><em>Abbott Elementary<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; starring and executive produced by Quinta Brunson, will debut with a special early premiere on Tuesday, December 7\u00a0 @ 9:30PM EST. 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