A Different World

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 […]