On Sept. 24, 1987, after the Season Four premiere of "The Cosby Show" aired on NBC, viewers entered the world of Hillman College, as Clair and Cliff Huxtable's daughter Denise started a new semester.

The follow-up series to A Different World is progressing at Netflix, with the streaming giant making an unusual move by granting one of the few pilot orders in its history for this comedy project.

Netflix is bringing fans back to a familiar sitcom world. A sequel series to "A Different World," the classic 1980s and 1990s comedy that was itself a spinoff of "The Cosby Show," is in the works at ...

Netflix is inviting a whole new generation to Hillman College, as the streamer officially orders the A Different World continuation to series. The single-camera comedy will have 10 half-hour episodes.