Over its six-season run, A Different World boasted the talents of Dawnn Lewis, Darryl M. Bell, Sinbad, Charnele Brown, Cree Summer, Glynn Turman, Marisa Tomei, and Jada Pinkett Smith, among others.

Netflix is developing a pilot for a follow-up to the 1987 sitcom 'A Different World,' focusing on Dwayne and Whitley's daughter.