Graduating from Howard University in May didn’t conclude Kennedi Reece’s Black college experience. Now, she’s enrolled in a different kind of historically Black college and university (HBCU) – the legendary Hillman College– where the hit sit-com, “A Different World,” takes place.
Now showing on Netflix, Reece plays Hazel, a church girl full of surprises. She joins a tradition and fandom that started nearly 40 years ago when the stars of “A Different World” first took to the screen. Launching Sept. 24—the same day the very first season premiered on NBC in 1987—the sequel doubles down on them both. All 10 episodes of the first season of the “A Different World” sequel are currently streaming on Netflix.
“A Different World” was originally welcomed as a spinoff of “The Cosby Show,” starring Lisa Bonet as Denise Huxtable, the wayward daughter attending the fictional alma mater of her parents.
At the time, some believed season one of the 1987 series didn’t paint a full picture of life at an HBCU. When Debbie Allen took over for season two, everything changed…