EPISODE
SEASON
A Different World - Season 6
A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.
14 August 1972, Pasadena, California, USA
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 Different World succeeds thanks to great casting, rich characters, and the interactions of the classmates' unique personalities; all hail from backgrounds as diverse as the list of their hometowns.
November 27, 2018
Thankfully, the show's supporting characters - Whitley Gilbert, Jaleesa, Coach Walter Oakes and the unforgettable style icon Dwayne Wayne - easily stepped into the spotlight, and kept things buzzing along for another five seasons.
September 11, 2018
The comings and goings at the fictional historically black university Hillman College made for a show that was funny, compelling, and way more fearless about addressing the politics of its day than its predecessor was.
November 27, 2018
A Different World" remains a unique and groundbreaking sitcom, set inside a world never before mined in comedy: a fictional historically black college.
September 10, 2018
ADW was a comedy, but it was a comedy rooted in the very real world and didn't shy away from the real world challenges for young people making their way through the world.