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''A Different World'' was an American Television Sitcom . It dealt with the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional Historically Black College , and ran for six seasons on NBC . A Spin-off series from '' The Cosby Show '', it was originally centered around Denise Huxtable ( Lisa Bonet ). Later seasons focused on Dwayne Wayne ( Kadeem Hardison ) and Whitley Marion Gilbert ( Jasmine Guy ). The sitcom aired from its debut on September 17 , 1987 until the show's final episode on July 9 , 1993 . While it was a spin-off from the ''Cosby Show'', ''A Different World'' addressed issues that the largely apolitical ''Cosby Show'' avoided, such as race and class relations, and the Equal Rights Amendment . One episode that aired in 1990 was one of the first American network television episodes to address the HIV / AIDS pandemic. Reruns can be seen on Oxygen and will be coming to Nick At Nite in 2006. The show played a part in popularizing several fashions that were staples of the early 1990's. Among them were sunglasses attachments that clipped onto regular glasses and flipped up. These were worn by the character of Dwayne Wayne, and were frequently referred to as "Dwayne Wayne glasses". CAST
Episode 22's Cast The final episode of the first season, Episode 22, entitled "My Dinner with Theo", had a much different casting lineup than the rest of the series. It was apparently shot before the pilot was, and as such many characters from the rest of the show are not credited at all, and some appear only in this episode. This also marked the end of the run on the series for two regulars: Lisa Bonet , who left upon discovering she was having a baby with her then-husband Lenny Kravitz , and Marisa Tomei , who went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in '' My Cousin Vinny '' a few years later. Characters not appearing in this episode
Characters appearing in this episode alone
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: ''"instituted a yearly spring trip to Atlanta where series writers visited two of the nation's leading black colleges, Morehouse and ''' Spelman '''. During these visits, ideas for several of the episodes emerged from meetings with students and faculty"'' {Link without Title} . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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