A Different World

TV Series
1987–1993
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

8.2K

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A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.

Creator
- Bill Cosby
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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

8.2K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,853

132

Creator
- Bill Cosby
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 17 wins & 10 nominations total

Episodes144

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Trivia
While playing roommates on the show, co-stars Lisa Bonet and Marisa Tomei lived together in real life.

Goofs
Throughout the course of the series, Whitley's talents go back and forth between being an accomplished singer/dancer and having little to no singing/dancing skills at all.

Quotes
Shazza Zulu: Look, if we as Hillman men don't treat our women right, they'll go to somebody white. Kim Reese did!
Kim Reese: You pseudo-intellectual male with a pseudo-African name spouting pseudo-philosophy about a whole bunch of nothing! In fact, the only thing about you that's real are your green eyes... MY BRUTHA!

Connections
Edited into Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

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Featured review

9/10

Shows like this aren't common, miss this era of TV.

I have been watching a different world from Lisa Bonet to Jada Pinkett. The show became more than just a sitcom showing our community early on a glimpse of life in college to tackling racism, sexual harassment, stds, sexism, colorism, and positively introduced us to sororities and fraternities. "A Different World" helped glorify not only going to college but an HBCU and inspired a lot of people to take that step after high school even after realizing Hill man College was a fictitious institution . The show became even more important and relatable after I myself attended an HBCU. I met those Whitleys, hung with Dwaynes, had classes with Kims, worked with Charmaines and partied with Winnys. .