Editing Debbie Allen (section)

==== A Different World ====

In an article from the [[Museum of Broadcast Communications]], ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' commented on Allen's impact as the producer-director of the television series, ''[[A Different World]]''. The show dealt with the lives of students at the fictional [[historically black colleges and universities|historically black college]], Hillman. The show ran for six seasons on [[NBC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/htmlD/differentwor/differentwor.htm |title=A Different World- U.S. Situation Comedy |publisher=Museum.tv |author=Darnell Hunt |access-date=April 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210085528/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/htmlD/differentwor/differentwor.htm |archive-date=February 10, 2006 |author-link=Darnell Hunt }}</ref> ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' is quoted as stating that when Debbie Allen became the producer (and usually director) of ''A Different World'' after the first season, she transformed it "from a bland ''Cosby'' spin-off into a lively, socially responsible, ensemble situation comedy."<ref name="museum">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/htmlD/differentwor/differentwor.htm |title=A Different World |publisher=The Museum of Broadcast Communications |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Television |access-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210085528/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/htmlD/differentwor/differentwor.htm |archive-date=February 10, 2006 }}</ref> She directed a total of 83 episodes.

[[File:Debbie Allen 1998.jpg|thumb|Allen at the [[Kennedy Center]] in 1998]]