Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison, pictured at the "A Different World" HBCU College Tour 2024 at Morehouse College in 2024, will reprise their roles on the show as it undergoes a reboot on Netflix.

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 ...

Hillman College will enroll a new class of students with Netflix’s pickup of a sequel series to A Different World. The streamer has given a series order to the comedy, which has been in the works for ...

Netflix’s “A Different World” sequel series will consist of 10 half-hour episodes. The streaming service did not say when the ...

Netflix has announced A Different World is returning, with Debbie Allen and Felicia Pride leading a new generation of Hillman students. Netflix is taking viewers back to Hillman College with the ...

ATLANTA — A reboot of the popular 1980s series “A Different World” is in the works and a pilot episode was filmed on the campus of an Atlanta HBCU. The original “A Different World” ran from 1987 to ...

Fans of “A Different World” will get a long-awaited follow-up to the beloved 1980s sitcom focusing on Black collegiate life. Netflix confirmed Monday that it has ordered 10 half-hour episodes of the ...

For many Black folks, “A Different World” has long been one of our favorite television shows for the world it introduced us to. Not only did it give us the “Dwayne Wayne” and “Whitley Gilbert” love ...

Netflix is inviting a whole new generation to Hillman College, as the streamer officially orders the A Different World continuation to series. The single-camera comedy will have 10 half-hour episodes.

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 ...