At the beginning of the second season we find out that Denise dropped out of Hillman to travel throughout Africa. Yup, the character on which the spin-off was based split after the freshman season (with the exception of a cameo in season three). Denise quickly became the first Huxtable college dropout Despite being one of the biggest stars of the 1980s, Bonet stayed on the show for only one season. NEWS: Phylicia Rashad Says She Was 'Misquoted' in Interview Defending Cosby 2.
The writing staff was fired and producer Anne Beatts (Remember Square Pegs?) was brought in to replace the first episodes with new material. Even before the show premiered, it ran into some problems. Basically, it was your average first-year college experience starring Lisa Bonet. Nothing really happened in the first season! The second eldest Cosby kid goes to college. But the tone and overall energy of the show was criticized widely for being boring and bland. The Bill Cosby-created series did well in ratings - but was boring to start Hot on the heels of The Cosby Show juggernaut, which 34 million people watched every week at its peak, A Different World did well in the ratings, coming in second to only its parent/lead-in during its first year. More than two decades after its retirement, we watched every single episode (again) and discovered 17 groundbreaking moments, life lessons, and way ahead-of-its-time issues that prove the show's still got staying power today.
The show hit a couple of speed bumps in the beginning of its six-season run, but it eventually became a fresh balance of comedy and drama that spoke true to the experiences of young black adults in the early-'90s.
The 1987 spin-off aimed to be a cool, hip series that followed Denise Huxtable's (Lisa Bonet) adventures at her parents' alma mater, Hillman College.
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A Different World is the latest binge-watching bait to join Hulu Plus and Netflix - and it is very much worth your time, especially now that The Cosby Show has probably been completely ruined for you.
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