NBC aired six seasons of A Different World. It's a spin-off of The Cosby Show about Denise Huxtable and students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in Virginia. After Bonet left in the first season, the series focused on Whitley Gilbert and Dwayne Wayne. The series often showed black fraternities and sororities. A Different World, a spin-off of The Cosby Show, addressed subjects that show writers avoided. 1990's episode was the first American network TV episode to discuss HIV/AIDS.
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NBC aired six seasons of A Different World. It's a spin-off of The Cosby Show about Denise Huxtable and students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in Virginia. After Bonet left in the first season, the series focused on Whitley Gilbert and Dwayne Wayne. The series often showed black fraternities and sororities. A Different World, a spin-off of The Cosby Show, addressed subjects that show writers avoided. 1990's episode was the first American network TV episode to discuss HIV/AIDS.
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