A Different World: Season 1

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A Different World

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Season Details & Credits

NBC | Season Premiere Date: September 24, 1987

Starring: Loretta Devine, Dawnn Lewis, Vernee Watson-Johnson

Summary: In this spin-off from the popular sitcom The Cosby Show, Denise Huxtable enters her sophomore year at Hillman, alma mater of her parents and grandfather, where she moves into Gilbert Hall and shares a dorm room with 26-year-old Jaleesa Vinson and talkative new roommate Maggie Lauten. Also included in the first season cast were obnoxious andIn this spin-off from the popular sitcom The Cosby Show, Denise Huxtable enters her sophomore year at Hillman, alma mater of her parents and grandfather, where she moves into Gilbert Hall and shares a dorm room with 26-year-old Jaleesa Vinson and talkative new roommate Maggie Lauten. Also included in the first season cast were obnoxious and extremely wealthy dormmate Whitley Gilbert, ladies' man Dwayne Wayne and dorm director Stevie Rallen. Lettie Bostic later replaced Stevie as the new dorm director. At the end of the first season, Denise would return home (and to The Cosby Show) after dropping out of college.

In the fall of 1988, new students Freddie Brooks and Kim Reese entered Hillman College. Freddie was a "hippie-child" who developed a crush on Dwayne; and Kim, an aspiring med student, became Whitley's new roommate. Giving Dwayne a hard time was his math professor, Col. Bradford Taylor. Also, Ron Johnson and Walter Oakes became regulars in the second season after appearing occasionally during the first season. Vernon Gaines, chef at the campus hangout, The Pit, became a regular in the third season. Whitley and Dwayne began an on-again off-again relationship before they became married at the end of the fifth season.

Stories dealt mainly with college-themed issues such as racism, fraternity pledging and on-campus romances.

NBC Broadcast History

September 1987 - May 1992 - Thursdays 8:30 PM
September 1992 - November 1992 - Thursdays 8:00 PM
December 1992 - January 1993 - Thursdays 8:30 PM
May 1993 - June 1993 - Thursdays 8:00 PM
July 1993 - Fridays 8:00 PM

A Different World airs on BET, weekdays at 11 & 11:30 PM EST.

Theme Song:
I know my parents love me.
Stand behind me come what may.
I know now that I'm ready.
Because I finally heard them say!
It's a different world from where you come from.

Here's a chance to make it.
If we focus on our goals.
If you dish it we can take it.
Just remember you've been told...
It's a different world from where you come from.
It's a different world from where you come from.… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E22. My Dinner With Theo
Air Date: July 7, 1988
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S1:E21. Come Back, Little Eggby
Air Date: May 5, 1988
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S1:E20. If Only for One Night
Air Date: April 28, 1988

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Series Overview
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: September 24, 1992
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 19, 1991
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 20, 1990
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 21, 1989
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 6, 1988
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 24, 1987
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  S1:E22. My Dinner With Theo
  Air Date: July 7, 1988
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  S1:E21. Come Back, Little Eggby
  Air Date: May 5, 1988
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  S1:E20. If Only for One Night
  Air Date: April 28, 1988
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  S1:E19. Clair's Last Stand
  Air Date: March 24, 1988
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  S1:E18. Speech Therapy
  Air Date: March 10, 1988
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  S1:E17. Mr. Hillman
  Air Date: February 25, 1988
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  S1:E16. The Show Must Go On
  Air Date: February 18, 1988
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  S1:E15. Dr. Cupid
  Air Date: February 11, 1988
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  S1:E14. Wild Child
  Air Date: February 4, 1988
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  S1:E13. The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic
  Air Date: January 21, 1988
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  S1:E12. Advise and Descent
  Air Date: January 14, 1988
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  S1:E11. Does He or Doesn't He?
  Air Date: January 7, 1988
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  S1:E10. The Gift of the Magi
  Air Date: December 17, 1987
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  S1:E9. Romancing Mr. Stone
  Air Date: December 10, 1987
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  S1:E8. If Chosen, I May Not Run
  Air Date: December 3, 1987
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  S1:E7. Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You
  Air Date: November 19, 1987
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  S1:E6. Rudy and the Snow Queen
  Air Date: November 5, 1987
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  S1:E5. War of the Words
  Air Date: October 29, 1987
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  S1:E4. Those Who Can't... Tutor
  Air Date: October 22, 1987
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  S1:E3. Porky de Bergerac
  Air Date: October 15, 1987
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  S1:E2. Pilot
  Air Date: October 1, 1987
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  S1:E1. Reconcilable Differences
  Air Date: September 24, 1987