The new series will follow Deborah Wayne, the youngest daughter of Hillman alumni Whitley Gilbert and Dwayne Wayne.

In December 2025, Netflix announced that four legacy cast members were joining the new show: Jasmine Guy as Whitley Gilbert, ...

Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, Darryl M. Bell, and Cree Summer are to reprise their roles in the ‘A Different World’ spin-off ...

Netflix’s A Different World reboot series is bringing back some original cast members to join the new schoolers set to take ...

A new generation will get to experience A Different World the right way, with four crucial members of the original cast reprising their roles.

Netflix has greenlit a sequel to 'A Different World,' with Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, Cree Summer, and Darryl M. Bell ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. Unlike many sitcoms of the era, A Different World blended humor with ...

The actress and singer, who played Jaleesa on the NBC sitcom A Different World from 1987 to 1993, tells PEOPLE she's working with promising teenagers to help them get ahead Jeremy Helligar is Deputy ...

On Sept. 24, 1987, after the Season Four premiere of "The Cosby Show" aired on NBC, viewers entered the world of Hillman College, as Clair and Cliff Huxtable's daughter Denise started a new semester.

Allen and Guy were part of a Television Critics Association panel in 2007 when A Different World joined the Nick at Night lineup. They explained why the Whtiley spinoff never happened. Dwayne and ...