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Mary Alice, Emmy-Winning A Different World Star, Dies
Beloved actress Mary Alice, known for her roles in film, television, and on Broadway, has died.
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Can Grown-ish Season 5 Solve TV's College Problem?
When it premieres on July 20, season five of Freeform’s Grown-ish won’t just be introducing a batch of new characters:...
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Posted Friday 4/29/22 at 5:21PM EDT
How the Los Angeles Riots, which started 30 years ago today, impacted TV comedy
"In 1992 ― just four months after the cops who beat Rodney King nearly to death were acquitted, and the...
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A Cultural History of College-Set TV Series
Gossip Girl, Saved by the Bell, Euphoria.
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Posted Tuesday 5/25/21 at 8:30PM EDT
Read an oral history of A Different World
"In the 34 years since its debut, A Different World has become one of television’s most impactful shows, inspiring everything...
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Diahann Carroll, the first black woman to star in her own TV series, dies at 84
Carroll, the Tony-winning and Emmy- and Oscar-nominated Julia and Dynasty star, died today of cancer in Los Angeles.
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Posted Friday 11/30/18 at 4:04PM EST
Grown-ish re-creates A Different World's opening
The Black-ish spinoff pays tribute to another college-themed spinoff of a hit black family sitcom to promote Season 2.
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Posted Friday 8/17/18 at 1:55PM EDT
How Aretha Franklin inspired reality singing competitions like American Idol
The Queen of Soul expressed interest in 2012 in joining the then-Fox reality singing competition as a judge.
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Posted Thursday 8/16/18 at 1:39PM EDT
Bill Cosby sparks backlash by thanking Aretha Franklin for singing A Different World's theme song
The Queen of Soul sang the theme song for The Cosby Show spinoff from Seasons 2 through 5 -- even...
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Insecure tackles the lack of black sitcom reboots
Season 3's "show within a show" spoof, Kev'yn, was inspired by Roseanne and the flurry of 1990s sitcom reboots, but...
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Why A Different World's legacy has been unaffected by Bill Cosby's downfall
The college-set spinoff of The Cosby Show ended its six-season run 25 years ago today, on July 9, 1993.
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Posted Saturday 5/12/18 at 12:41AM EDT
Kadeem Hardison: Bill Cosby's conviction won't tarnish A Different World
The Cosby Show college spinoff is "much bigger than Bill Cosby," he says.