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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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
A Different World canonical	42
A Different World season 1	2
A Different World (TV series)	1
A Different World Season 2	1
A Different World Season 3	1
A Different World Season 4	1
A Different World Season 5	1
A Different World Season 6	1
A Different World theme song	1
A Different World, Season 1	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 ⓘ 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 (52)

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Bill Cosby → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ

Jenifer Lewis → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ

The Cosby Show → influenced → A Different World ⓘ

The Cosby Show → spinOff → A Different World ⓘ

A Different World → openingTheme → A Different World self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: A Different World theme song

Debbie Allen → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ

this entity surface form: A Different World (TV series)

Patti LaBelle → notableTelevisionWork → A Different World ⓘ

Carsey-Werner Company → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ

Lisa Bonet → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ

Glynn Turman → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ

Jasmine Guy → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ

Jasmine Guy → appearedIn → A Different World ⓘ

Jasmine Guy → awardReceivedFor → A Different World ⓘ

Marisa Tomei → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ

Fay Hauser → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ

Roscoe Lee Browne → notableWork → A Different World ⓘ

Denise Huxtable → appearsIn → A Different World ⓘ

Denise Huxtable → mainCharacterInSeason → A Different World ⓘ

this entity surface form: A Different World season 1

Jada Pinkett Smith → televisionWork → A Different World ⓘ

Hillman College → appearsIn → A Different World ⓘ

Hillman College → settingOf → A Different World ⓘ

Hillman College → primaryDepictionWork → A Different World ⓘ

Whitley Gilbert → appearsIn → A Different World ⓘ

Whitley Gilbert → createdFor → A Different World ⓘ

Whitley Gilbert → seriesDebut → A Different World ⓘ

this entity surface form: A Different World season 1

Dwayne Wayne → appearsIn → A Different World ⓘ

Dwayne Wayne → firstAppearance → A Different World ⓘ

this entity surface form: A Different World, Season 1