Television
Say Sayonara : NBC is billing the hour-long May 8 episode of “A Different World” as the series finale, but the network in fact has a few remaining original episodes of the canceled Jasmine Guy-Kadeem Hardison show that will air later in the season.
April 29, 1993
Entertainment & Arts
Kadeem Hardison, who plays college geek Dwayne Wayne on the NBC sitcom “A Different World,” says he took the part only because he was sure the show would die quickly.
Nov. 2, 1990
Food
Burger King Corp., a company clearly in search of an advertising image, has returned to its oldest but most effective one: flame broiling.
Feb. 17, 1988
Andrew Lowery of Placentia hopes that a new, recurring role he begins playing tonight on the NBC comedy series “A Different World” will bring fun, fortune and a chance to beat fellow cast member Kadeem Hardison in one-on-one basketball.
Sept. 27, 1990
Since this was Johnny Carson’s last New Year’s Eve with “The Tonight Show” (NBC), I thought he would host the show.
Jan. 26, 1992
CBS’ “Schoolbreak Specials,” hourlong films dramatizing pertinent teen issues, are generally well done within the limitations of the format, but sheer fun isn’t one of their usual ingredients.
Dec. 1, 1992
Books
MEN OF COURAGE by Kenneth W.
Feb. 17, 1991
Movies
“I always wanted to make a comedy and Eddie Murphy always wanted to make a scary movie” is the way “Nightmare on Elm Street” creator Wes Craven describes the genesis of “Vampire in Brooklyn,” a film that arrives with barely a snicker or a scare in it.
Oct. 27, 1995
The Scene: Tuesday’s West Coast benefit premiere of Gramercy’s “Panther” at the Motion Picture Academy.
May 4, 1995
If there’s such a thing in Hollywood as being too smart for your own good, Disney’s marketing gurus may qualify for releasing a movie on a weekend when it will have to compete with its own subject.
March 28, 1997