EPISODE
SEASON
A Different World - Season 6
A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.
1971
27 March 1942, Berkeley, California, USA
23 September 1972, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
25 May 1973
3 November 1964, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
August 6, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
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.
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
A Different World" remains a unique and groundbreaking sitcom, set inside a world never before mined in comedy: a fictional historically black college.