Watch Series: A Different World Released in (1987) - Season 6 produced by USA, The TV Series categorized in Comedy, Family, and content rating TV-PG with duration 30 min broadcasted as these networks NBC, Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Bill Cosby, Debbie Allen, Ellen Gittelsohn, Neema Barnette. A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities. - Season 6