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.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Reconcilable Differences | 1987-09-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Pilot | 1987-10-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Porky de Bergerac | 1987-10-15 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Those Who Can't... Tutor | 1987-10-22 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | War of the Words | 1987-10-29 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Rudy and the Snow Queen | 1987-11-05 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You | 1987-11-19 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | If Chosen, I May Not Run | 1987-12-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Romancing Mr. Stone | 1987-12-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Gift of the Magi | 1987-12-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Does He or Doesn't He? | 1988-01-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Advise and Descent | 1988-01-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic | 1988-01-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Wild Child | 1988-02-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Dr. Cupid | 1988-02-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | The Show Must Go On | 1988-02-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Mr. Hillman | 1988-02-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Speech Therapy | 1988-03-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Clair's Last Stand | 1988-03-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | If Only for One Night | 1988-04-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Come Back, Little Eggby | 1988-05-05 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | My Dinner with Theo | 1988-07-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Dr. War Is Hell | 1988-10-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Two Gentlemen of Hillman | 1988-10-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Some Enchanted Late Afternoon | 1988-10-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Dream Lover | 1988-11-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Three Girls Three | 1988-11-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | If You Like Pilgrim Coladas | 1988-11-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | A Stepping Stone | 1988-12-01 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Life with Father | 1988-12-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | All's Fair | 1988-12-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Radio Free Hillman | 1989-01-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | It Happened One Night | 1989-01-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | I've Got the Muse in Me | 1989-01-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Risky Business | 1989-02-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | Breaking Up is Hard to Do | 1989-02-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | For She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage | 1989-02-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | It's Greek to Me | 1989-03-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | The Thing About Women | 1989-03-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | High Anxiety | 1989-03-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Take This Job and Love It | 1989-03-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | No Means No | 1989-03-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | Citizen Wayne | 1989-04-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | There's No Place Like Home | 1989-05-04 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Strangers on a Plane | 1989-09-21 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Heat is On | 1989-10-12 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | The Hat Makes the Man | 1989-10-19 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | To Have and Have Not | 1989-10-26 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Forever Hold Your Peace | 1989-11-02 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Delusions of Daddyhood | 1989-11-09 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Wedding Bells from Hell | 1989-11-16 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Great Expectations | 1989-11-30 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Answered Prayers | 1989-12-07 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls | 1989-12-21 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | Under One Roof | 1990-01-04 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | Here's to Old Friends | 1990-01-11 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | The Power of the Pen | 1990-01-18 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | Pride and Prejudice | 1990-01-25 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | Success, Lies and Videotape | 1990-02-08 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | A World Alike | 1990-02-15 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | That's the Trouble with You All | 1990-02-22 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | A Camp Fire Story | 1990-03-01 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | Hillman Isn't Through with You Yet | 1990-03-08 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | 21 Candles | 1990-03-15 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | Sweet Charity | 1990-03-29 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 22 | Soldier Boy | 1990-04-05 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 23 | Getaway: Part 1 | 1990-04-19 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 24 | Getaway: Part 2 | 1990-04-26 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 25 | Perhaps Love | 1990-05-05 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Everything Must Change | 1990-09-20 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | How Bittersweet It Is | 1990-09-27 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Blues for Nobody's Child | 1990-10-04 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Whitley's Last Supper | 1990-10-11 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | The Goodwill Games | 1990-10-18 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Tales from the Exam Zone | 1990-10-25 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | Good Help is Hard to Fire | 1990-11-08 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Love Thy Neighbor | 1990-11-15 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | Time Keeps on Slippin' | 1990-11-29 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | The Apple Doesn't Fall | 1990-12-06 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | I'm Dreaming of a Wayne Christmas | 1990-12-13 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | War and Peace | 1991-01-10 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | Ex-Communication | 1991-01-31 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 14 | Risk Around the Dollar | 1991-02-07 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 15 | Love, Hillman-Style | 1991-02-14 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 16 | A Word in Edgewise | 1991-02-21 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 17 | Ms. Understanding | 1991-02-28 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 18 | The Cash Isn't Always Greener | 1991-03-07 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 19 | How Great Thou Art | 1991-03-14 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 20 | It's Showtime at Hillman | 1991-03-21 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 21 | Sister to Sister, Sister | 1991-03-28 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 22 | Monet is the Root of All Evil | 1991-04-04 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 23 | If I Should Die Before I Wake | 1991-04-11 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 24 | Never Can Say Goodbye | 1991-04-25 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 25 | To Be Continued | 1991-05-02 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | We've Only Just Begun | 1991-09-19 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | The Dwayne Mutiny | 1991-09-26 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | Home is Where the Fire Is | 1991-10-03 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | Almost Working Girl | 1991-10-10 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | In the Eye of the Storm | 1991-10-17 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | Rule Number One | 1991-10-24 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Baby, I'm a Star | 1991-10-31 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | Liza Who-Little | 1991-11-07 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | To Tell the Truth | 1991-11-14 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | Do You Take This Woman? | 1991-11-21 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | Mammy Dearest | 1991-12-05 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 12 | Twelve Steps of Christmas | 1991-12-19 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 13 | Just Another Four-Letter Word | 1992-01-02 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 14 | Cats in the Cradle | 1992-01-16 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 15 | Prisoner of Love | 1992-01-23 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 16 | Bedroom at the Top | 1992-01-30 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 17 | May the Best Man Win | 1992-02-13 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 18 | Kiss You Back | 1992-02-20 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 19 | Conflict of Interest | 1992-02-27 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 20 | Sellmates | 1992-03-12 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 21 | Do the Write Thing | 1992-04-02 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 22 | Love Taps | 1992-04-23 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 23 | Special Delivery | 1992-05-07 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 24 | Save the Best for Last: Part 1 | 1992-05-14 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 25 | Save the Best for Last: Part 2 | 1992-05-14 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | Honeymoon in L.A.: Part 1 | 1992-09-24 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | Honeymoon in L.A.: Part 2 | 1992-10-01 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | Interior Desecration | 1992-10-08 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | Somebody Say Ho! | 1992-10-15 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | Really Gross Anatomy | 1992-10-22 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | Don't Count Your Chickens Before They're Axed | 1992-10-29 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | The Little Mister | 1992-10-29 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | Baby, It's Cold Outside | 1992-11-05 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | Faith, Hope and Charity: Part 1 | 1992-11-12 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 10 | Faith, Hope and Charity: Part 2 | 1992-11-12 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 11 | Original Teacher | 1992-11-19 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 12 | Occupational Hazards | 1992-12-03 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 13 | White Christmas | 1992-12-17 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 14 | To Whit, with Love | 1993-01-07 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 15 | Happy Birthday to Moi | 1993-01-14 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 16 | Mind Your Own Business | 1993-01-21 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 17 | When One Door Closes...: Part 1 | 1993-05-08 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 18 | When One Door Closes...: Part 2 | 1993-05-08 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 19 | Lean on Me | 1993-05-27 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 20 | Dancing Machines | 1993-06-03 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 21 | Cabin in the Sky | 1993-06-10 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 22 | Great X-Pectations | 1993-07-09 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 23 | Homie, Don't Ya Know Me? | 30 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 24 | A Rock, a River, a Lena | 30 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 25 | College Kid | 30 min |
| Production | Debbie Allen | Producer |
| Production | Tom Werner | Producer |
