EPISODE
SEASON
A Different World - Season 6
A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.
4 February 1957, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
28 November 1968, New London, Connecticut, USA
10 April 1968, Mobile, Alabama, USA
21 August 1949, Houston, Texas, USA
26 September 1961, San Francisco, California, USA
9 July 1965, Houston, Texas, USA
13 February 1944, Safford, Arizona, USA
31 December 1938, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
19 October 1946
10 November 1956, Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
20 March 1951, Detroit, Michigan, USA
1 August 1973, Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 20, 1964 in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
30 June 1934, Zanesville, Ohio, USA
11 November 1958, Havana, Cuba
24 September 1966, North Trenton, New Jersey, USA
1967
21 March 1959, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
15 August 1962, Rome, Lazio, Italy
21 July 1926, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
23 August 1909, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
19 June 1948, Houston, Texas, USA
5 August 1934, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa [now South Africa]
23 March 1937, Flint, Michigan, USA
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
