{"id":642507,"date":"2026-08-17T22:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/642507\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T22:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:09:11","slug":"netflixs-a-different-world-sequel-series-unveils-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/642507\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix’s ‘A Different World’ Sequel Series Unveils Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSchool is back in session at Hillman College. Netflix\u2019s new \u201cA Different World<\/a>\u201d series released the official trailer and new images.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series is a followup to the NBC sitcom of the same title, which ran from 1987 to 1993 and was itself a spin-off of \u201cThe Cosby Show.\u201d It stars Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison, reprising their roles as Whitley Gilbert and Dwayne Wayne, with Maleah Joi Moon as their youngest child Deborah, now starting her freshman year of college.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe trailer welcomes a new generation to Hillman College, a fictional HBCU, and introduces the people that will become Deborah\u2019s people. As Deborah attempts to make her own path at Hillman, her very-involved parents have their experiences to share about their alma mater.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe cast also features Alijah Kai, Cornell Young IV, Kennedi Reece, Jordan Aaron Hall and Chibuikem Uche. Along with Hardison and Guy, other original cast members including Darryl M. Bell, Debbie Allen, Cree Summer, Jenifer Lewis and Jada Pinkett Smith return to Hillman.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA Different World\u201d is created by showrunner, writer and executive producer Felicia Pride. Allen, who was a director and producer on the original run, returns to executive and produce the sequel\u2019s premiere. Tom Werner, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Mandy Summers are executive producers.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe original \u201cA Different World\u201d series aired for six seasons. Whitley and Dwayne were at the center of the show following the departure of Lisa Bonet as Denise Huxtable after the first season.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the full trailer below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"School is back in session at Hillman College. Netflix\u2019s new \u201cA Different World\u201d series released the official trailer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[271737,18,117,19,17,128],"class_list":["post-642507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-a-different-world","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}