The cast of the groundbreaking show “A Different World” reunited 35 years later and sat down with TODAY to look back on the show's legacy and profound influence on viewers — and on college enrollment. "We represented all these different facets of young Black life that we had never seen before," says Cree Summer, who played Freddie on the show.

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