A Different World

Marisa Tomei had a blast on the set of A Different World, but her hair didn’t. Back in October, the Oscar-winning actress, 59, took to […]

Jasmine Guy recalls on an upcoming Red Table Talk how she took a stand with the producers of A Different World after costars Lisa Bonet […]

One of Jada Pinkett Smith’s earliest acting roles was on the hit sitcom A Different World — and according to the actress and her mom, […]

Dawnn Lewis spent six years playing Jaleesa on the NBC sitcom A Different World. Although she’s maintained a busy, thriving career since the show ended […]

Debbie Allen says they were able to make a difference in spreading the message of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the early 90s — and it […]

Darryl M. Bell — who played the lovable Ronald “Ron” Johnson on NBC’s A Different World — tells PEOPLE that the show was privileged to […]

Set at the fictional historically Black institution, Hillman College, A Different World broke ground by exploring relevant topics of the time, including AIDS, racism, and […]

Shortly after Darryl M. Bell made his debut in Spike Lee’s 1988 film School Daze, he auditioned for the role of Dwayne Wayne in A […]

Jasmine Guy is beloved for her portrayal of the dainty, pretty, bougie Southern belle Whitley Gilbert on the NBC hit comedy A Different World from […]

We all loved watching actress, Jasmine Guy, bring her “Different World” character “Whitley,” to life every week. Whitley was prissy as hell and made you […]

A Different World is one of the most important shows in television history. It was truly groundbreaking. To have a show feature young black adults […]

In a recent reunion, Actor Sinbad revealed to his former A Different World castmates that he lied during his initial audition, almost costing him the […]

Last year, Netflix added all six seasons of A Different World (ADW), the spin-off of The Cosby Show. It was designed to star Lisa Bonet […]

Lisa Bonet became a household name after landing the role of Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show and its spinoff, A Different World. However, it […]

Even today, Lisa Bonet is still probably best known for her role as Denise Huxtable in “The Cosby Show” and “A Different World,” one of the […]

Unfortunately, in the 1980s (and honestly, even today), there were very few examples of films and TV series focused on the Black experience in college. […]

In 1986-87, NBC found itself in an enviable position with its Thursday night lineup of comedies (this was before they started using the term “Must […]

Shows like Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. inhabit a strange place in the world of comic book adaptations. Obviously, with some extremely rare exceptions, TV and […]

As I pointed out in a recent TV Legends Revealed, A Different World was originally going to center on Maggie Lauten, a White character who […]

Debbie Allen is the woman who turned A Different World into the cultural phenomenon it became in the ’90s. She recently spoke to Netflix’s Strong […]