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
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

8.2K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,898

157

Creator
- Bill Cosby
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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

Episodes144

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TopTop-rated6 seasons7 years

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)

User reviews53

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Featured review

Addictive

I watched this show once by accident and couldn't stop. It's one of the best shows on television, it allows you to grow with the characters! Dawnn Lewis, Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, and Charnele Brown are unforgettable characters! Great show!