Lisa Bonet
Denise Huxtable
Search results
Cast
Episode Guide
- 1. Reconcilable Differences Sep 24, 1987
- Denise begins her sophomore year at Hillman and requests a room change, ending up with Whitley.
- 2. Pilot Oct 1, 1987
- Denise hopes to solve her latest financial quandary without assistance from home.
- 3. Porky De Bergerac Oct 15, 1987
- As dorm monitor, Jaleesa must enforce penalties on litterbugs -- including Denise.
A Different World: Created by Bill Cosby. With Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, Charnele Brown. A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.
- (8.1K)
- 1987-09-24
- Comedy
- 60
A Different World is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of The Cosby Show. It aired for six seasons on NBC from September 24, 1987 to July 9, 1993. [ 1 ] The series originally centered on Denise Huxtable ( Lisa Bonet ) and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional historically black college in Virginia.
S6 E23 - Great X-pectations. July 8, 1993. 23min. 13+. Terrell is caught carrying a gun; Spencer proposes to Kim. Subscribe for $9.99/month or buy. Show all 27 episodes. Featuring students adjusting to a new way of life away from home as they attend the fictitious Hillman College. Spin-off of The Cosby Show.
- Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable) As the lead of the first season of A Different World, Lisa Bonet played the second-born wild child of Cliff Huxtable who enrolls at a fictional HBCU in Virginia called Hillman.
- Jasmine Guy (Whitley Gilbert) Whitley wasn't always going to be the main focus of A Different World; Jasmine Guy's character was a supporting cast member until season 2, when she was promoted to lead after Bonet left the show.
- Kadeem Hardison (Dwayne Wayne) Kadeem Hardison played the flirty math nerd Dwayne Wayne, known for his flip-up sunglasses, who was also upgraded to lead the cast in season 2 along with Guy.
- Darryl M. Bell (Ron Johnson) Darryl M. Bell played goofy musician and ROTC student Ron Johnson for all six seasons of the show. After A Different World ended in 1993, Bell booked a lead role as Morris Clay on the sci-fi comedy series Homeboys in Outer Space; did a three-episode arc on Cosby in 1997; and appeared in two episodes of Insecure in 2018.
S1.E3 ∙ Porky de Bergerac. Thu, Oct 15, 1987. After convincing the brand new dorm monitor, her roommate Jaleesa, to run in the first place, Denise has to live with the repercussions of breaking one of the monitor's new rules. 7.1/10 (66)
May 25, 2021 · On September 24, 1987, A Different World aired its wildly popular pilot, whose ratings surpassed every other program except The Cosby Show. The sitcom originally starred Lisa Bonet, already known ...
People also ask
Is a different world based on a true story?
When did a different world come out?
What happened to a different world?
What name was a different world released in India?
A Different World follows the daughter of Dr. Huxtable, Denise Huxatble, as she attended the alma mater of her parents, Hillman College. Denise struggles through college and meets memorable friends along the way. Dwayne, Whitley, Jalessa, Maggie and Ron bring college life to the living room of may homes during the first season.
