In December 2025, Netflix announced that four legacy cast members were joining the new show: Jasmine Guy as Whitley Gilbert, Kadeem Hardison as Dwayne Wayne, Darryl M. Bell as Ron Johnson, and Cree ...

Netflix is bringing fans back to a familiar sitcom world. A sequel series to "A Different World," the classic 1980s and 1990s comedy that was itself a spinoff of "The Cosby Show," is in the works at ...

A Different World was a six-season spinoff of The Cosby Show on NBC. Netflix’s A Different World sequel is created by Felicia Pride of Grey’s Anatomy and Bel-Air. She’ll serve as showrunner and ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: Fans of the original A Different World series rejoice. Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Cree Summer, and Darryl M. Bell are coming back together for the Netflix spinoff series, reprising their ...

The “A Different World” sequel series has officially been greenlit at Netflix, Variety has learned. The show was first reported to be in development at the streamer in 2024, while a rare Netflix pilot ...

After 35 years, the cast of “A Different World” has reunited on a tour of historically Black colleges and universities to promote enrollment and raise scholarship funding for current and future ...