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Originally Posted by TMC
*Both shows started off as spin-offs of arguably, NBC's top sitcoms at the time (Diff'rent Strokes and The Cosby Show).
*Both shows had a unique academic setting (i.e. an all girls boarding school and an historically black college).
*Both shows had arguably, unspectacular first seasons (Season 1 of The Facts of Life didn't have Jo and there were four other girls besides Blair, Tootie and Natalie, Season 1 of A Different World focused on Denise Huxtable instead of Whitley and Dwayne, Marisa Tomei was part of the cast, Debbie Allen wasn't overseeing things, and Arthea Franklin's theme song wasn't there) before getting retooled into the show that that we're more familiar with.
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ADW had a strong first season in the ratings and was a top 5 show., Facts of life on the otherhand needed retooling since it took 2 years for the show to just land in the top 30