EPISODE
SEASON
A Different World - Season 1
A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.
14 August 1972, Pasadena, California, USA
May 20, 1964 in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
3 July 1956, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4 April 1935, Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 January 1947, New York City, New York, USA
15 May 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 April 1930, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
16 October 1961, New York City, New York, USA
3 May 1949, New York City, New York, USA
28 February 1955, Brooklyn, New York, USA
23 November 1959, Oakland, California, USA
13 February 1944, Safford, Arizona, USA
15 April 1942, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
29 December 1972
September 10, 2018
A comedy's first goal is to, y'know, make people laugh.
September 10, 2018
This first season was as weak as Denise's adjustment with corny and dry stories that tried to be as 'everyday' and 'inclusionary' as Cosby but that did not succeed in the setting of an HBCU.
September 10, 2018
In its first season, A Different World didn't know what it wanted to be. It was supposed to be a slightly more mature extension of The Cosby Show, but it was also completely reliant on its parent show to stay alive.
September 10, 2018
This sitcom needs more than positive energy. It needs talent. If A Different World fails -- and it should -- I only hope NBC has the sense to forgive Bonet and welcome her home, where she's always been terrific, on Cosby.