A Different World

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sitcom television series

A Different World is an American sitcom that aired from 1987 to 1993, focusing on the lives of students at the fictional historically Black Hillman College and addressing social and cultural issues.

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A Different World (TV series) 1
A Different World theme song 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sitcom ⓘ
television series ⓘ
audioFormat stereo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Bill Cosby ⓘ
developer Debbie Allen ⓘ
endTime 1993 ⓘ
executiveProducer Bill Cosby ⓘ
Marcy Carsey ⓘ
Tom Werner ⓘ
follows The Cosby Show ⓘ
genre African-American television series ⓘ
college television series ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
teen sitcom ⓘ
hasSubject college life ⓘ
coming of age ⓘ
historically Black colleges and universities ⓘ
race relations ⓘ
relationships ⓘ
social issues ⓘ
mainCharacter Denise Huxtable ⓘ
Dwayne Wayne ⓘ
Freddie Brooks ⓘ
Jaleesa Vinson ⓘ
Kimberly Reese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ron Johnson ⓘ
Whitley Gilbert ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 144 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 6 ⓘ
openingTheme A Different World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A Different World theme song
openingThemePerformer Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Phoebe Snow ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyAiredOn Thursday night ⓘ
originalNetwork NBC ⓘ
pictureFormat NTSC ⓘ
portrayedBy Jaleesa Vinson ⓘ
surface form: Charnele Brown

Cree Summer ⓘ
Darryl M. Bell ⓘ
Dawnn Lewis ⓘ
Jasmine Guy ⓘ
Kadeem Hardison ⓘ
Lisa Bonet ⓘ
productionCompany Bill Cosby Productions ⓘ
Carsey-Werner Company ⓘ
setting Hillman College ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
spinOffFrom The Cosby Show ⓘ
startTime 1987 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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The Cosby Show → influenced → A Different World ⓘ
Bill Cosby → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ
Debbie Allen → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Different World (TV series)
Jenifer Lewis → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ
A Different World → openingTheme → A Different World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Different World theme song
The Cosby Show → spinOff → A Different World ⓘ