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Why a ‘Facts of Life’ Revival Will Likely Never Happen: ‘There Was a Tidal Wave of Emotion’
Mindy Cohn explained why a Facts of Life reboot would likely never happen in the future. The actress recently opened up about some drama between the cast.
Get back to the Mindy, 58 — who played Natalie Green on the NBC sitcom from 1979 to 1988 — dishes late TV legend Norman Lear approached her and costars Lisa Whelchel, 61, Kim Fields, 55, and Nancy McKeon, 58, about a revival in 2021. According to Mindy, producer Lear was inspired by the public’s enthusiastic reaction to an edition of Live in Front of a Studio Audience, which featured celebs including Jennifer Aniston, Gabrielle Union and Kathryn Hahn acting out scenes from the beloved show about students at an all-female boarding school. Mindy says the betrayed trio briefly iced out the fourth castmate — but their frostiness eventually thawed enough to put the gals on speaking terms again.
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