NEW YORK — Fans of “A Different World” will get a long-awaited follow-up to the beloved 1980s sitcom focusing on Black collegiate life.

Netflix confirmed Monday that it has ordered 10 half-hour episodes of the reboot that has been in the works for over a year.

The project will star Tony Award-winning “Hell’s Kitchen” breakout Maleah Joi Moon— as the youngest daughter of original series leads played by Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison — as she enrolls at the same historically Black college her parents attended.

“Free-spirited freshman Deborah Wayne, daughter of Dwayne and Whitney, is setting out to build her own legacy alongside a whole new generation of Hillman’s best and brightest,” the show’s synopsis reads.

The cast also includes Alijah Kai, Chibuikem Uche, Cornell Young IV, Jordan A

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