Who wouldn't want to see the crew from Hilman College reunited and updated for 2012? If today's reality-heavy television and decidedly not positive (especially when it comes to images of black people [5]) television offerings make you long for the days of A Different World, you're not alone.

As the program -- once the No. 2-ranked show in African-American households -- nears its 25th anniversary, Debbie Allen talks to Essence [6] about how it's time to "recap the groundbreaking series."

"We need to revisit this wonder arena and get my crew back," she tweeted, adding that a show like it is "missed in TV today."

"Can I get an Amen?" she wrote. "I get enough amen's maybe Bill Cosby, Marcy, and Tom will let us put Hillman back on the block."

A Different World was a Cosby Show spinoff that aired on NBC from 1987 to 1993 and soon became the #2 ranked show in African-American households, according to the Museum of Broadcast Communications. Allen based most of the show on her days at Howard University.

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