A Different World(1987)

series - first aired/released 1987-09-24 - audience 7.2

Comedy, Family

Directed by Bruce Kerner, Christopher Hibler, David Blackwell, Debbie Allen, Glynn Turman, Henry Chan, Jasmine Guy, Jay Sandrich, John Whitesell, Kadeem Hardison, Kim Friedman, Matthew Diamond, Michael Peters, Peter Werner

A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities.