EPISODE
SEASON
A Different World - Season 6
A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.
15 April 1942, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4 February 1957, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
11 November 1958, Havana, Cuba
14 March 1943, Durham, North Carolina, USA
17 September 1938, Silver City, New Mexico, USA
11 June 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
31 July 1966, Mt. Clemens, Michigan, USA
December 8, 1976 in Carson, California, USA
17 November 1969, Kingston, Jamaica
4 June 1955, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
18 September 1971, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
13 September 1948, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
1967
19 December 1957, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
10 November 1946, Springfield, Ohio, USA
12 July 1937, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
24 April 1967, North Trenton, New Jersey, USA
13 November 1955, New York City, New York, USA
1 July 1969, Newark, New Jersey, USA
22 November 1915, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 September 1973, Washington, District of Columbia, 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.
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
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.
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.
