A Different World

Lenny Kravitz claims that Bill Cosby fired Lisa Bonet from A Different World after she revealed that she was pregnant. The Cosby Show spin-off series […]

A Different World began as a spinoff about The Cosby Show character Denise Huxtable, played by Lisa Bonet. But once it went through some Season […]

One of the pitfalls of acting is that those who perform for a living can become typecast and defined by one character no matter how […]

Morehouse College football coach Gerard Wilcher vividly remembers his college recruitment visits in Atlanta in the spring of 1987. When Wilcher arrived at Clark Atlanta […]

Back when a hashtag was just the pound sign on a telephone, the television sitcom A Different World sent a clear message that black lives […]

Picture a pampered socialite ostentatiously putting her generational wealth on display. Or an outspoken teenage activist leading a climate change protest. Or a charismatic opportunist […]

TV URBAN LEGEND: Debbie Allen fired Lisa Bonet from A Different World when she took over as the showrunner on the series. As I pointed […]

If Dr. Bill Cosby’s greatest contribution to the Black community was his creation of The Cosby Show, then the spin-off to the popular 1980s television […]

Alisa Gyse Dickens portrayed Kinu Owens in 8 episodes of the NBC sitcom A DIFFERENT WORLD. She also was in 2 uncredited roles one prior […]

‘The Cosby Show’ went off the air 23 years ago, but its spin-off is well worth the re-watch. A Different World is the latest binge-watching […]

Except this one’s not a rerun. Steve Harvey ends “Where Are They Now Week” on Friday with some of the original cast members of the […]

When The Cosby Show spinoff A Different World premiered, it changed the course of American television. The show depicted life at a fictional historically Black […]

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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 still considered one of the best Black sitcoms of the 1990s, which is fitting given its effect on pop culture. Watching […]

When tens of thousands of union members and supporters flocked to the state Capitol a decade ago, they warned that Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining […]

Dawnn Lewis, best known for her role in the 1990s sitcom It’s a Different World for which she co-wrote the theme song, is now 61 […]

The theme song for the beloved HBCU-based series A Different World notes that “it’s a different world than where you come from!” That lyric couldn’t […]

As the world mourns the loss of musical legend and activist Aretha Franklin, it’s only natural to revisit her impressive discography that’s older than some […]

Red Table Talk, on Facebook Watch, has given us the A Different World reunion we’ve been anticipating since the series finale on May 8, 1993. […]