Sidequel: Successful Spin-Offs Of Popular Television Shows
The Cosby Show > A Different World
The most iconic African American family to ever be featured on television focused on an upper middle-class family, fathered by the legendary Bill Cosby. When it was time for his second eldest daughter, Denise, to go to college, this gave way to the birth of “A Different World.” A comedy based around the life of students at Hillman College. Though Denise (Lisa Bonet) departed from the show, “A Different World” continued on, focusing more on the characters Whitley Gilbert and Dwayne Wayne.