A DIFFERENT WORLD: SEASON 1

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• Release Year: 1987
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: A DIFFERENT WORLD SEASON ONE; 'One of the top 25 TV shows of all time!' - BET; ; A Different World appeared on NBC from 1987 to 1993. As the highly anticipated spin-off of America's #1 show, A Different World mostly aired directly after The Cosby Show. The series was set at Hillman, a historically Black college with a rich legacy and reputation for successfully cultivating young minds. Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet) decided to attend Hillman College in tribute to her parents and grandfather who all attended Hillman for their undergraduate studies. In Season One, A Different World clearly depicts the difference between living at home with your parents and taking responsibility for your own actions as a young adult. This hilarious show is filled with vibrant characters. In addition to Denise, Hillman featured Jaleesa Vinson (Dawn Lewis), a recently divorced 26 year old, Maggie Lauten (Marisa Tomei), the most talkative person on campus, Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy), the ultra-wealthy Southern Belle, Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardisson), Hillman's smartest and funniest male student and Walter Oakes (Sinbad) the over protective dorm director.
• Cast: Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, Charnele Brown, Dawnn Lewis, Cree Summer, Lou Myers, Glynn Turman, Sinbad, Jada Pinkett Smith, Cory Tyler, Ajai Sanders, Lisa Bonet, Patrick Malone, Marisa Tomei, Bumper Robinson, Michael Ralph, Mary Alice, Karen Malina White, Bee-Be Smith, Rueben Grundy, Gary Dourdan, Marie-Alise Recasner, Andrew Lowery, Kim Wayans, Alisa Gyse Dickens, Loretta Devine, Dominic Hoffman, Jenifer Lewis, Diahann Carroll, Patti LaBelle, Joe Morton, Maurice Davis, Bebe Drake, Brandon Quintin Adams, Abner Mariri, Roger Guenveur Smith, Josephine Premice, Don Reed, Amir Williams, Chante Frierson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Ron O'Neal, Phylicia Rashad, Tracy Harrison, Phill Lewis, Larita Shelby, Kevin Vavasseur, Rosalind Cash, Ron Mokwena, Kimble Jemison, Terrence Williams, Edafe Blackmon, Jonell Green, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Bill Cosby, Eartha Robinson, Matthew Dickens, Alison Taylor, Hugh W. Allen, Harold Sylvester, Toy Newkirk, Debbie Allen, Robert Guillaume, Ted Ross, Paris Vaughan, Linda Hoy, Lewis Dix Jr., Brian Wesley Thomas, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Jaime Cardriche, Kelly Jo Minter, Claudette Wells, J. Lamont Pope, Galyn Görg, Al Fann, Marjean Holden, Frank Jenkins, Richard Roundtree, Julia Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Waters Willard, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Art Evans, Aydiee Vaughn, Bridgid Coulter, Steven E. Daniels, Susan Fales-Hill, Kiki Shepard, Tisha Campbell, Max Miller, Aaron Seville, Wynonna Smith, Roxanne Beckford, Michael Caldwell, Nestor Carbonell, Gilbert Gottfried, Orlando Jones, Barbara Montgomery, Michael Warren
• Runtime: 9:35
• Company: Urban Works
• Media Format: Series