The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Influence goes both ways.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996)
Seasons: 6,
episodes: 148
Episode runtime: 23 min
Average rating:
7.9/10
158 731
Status
Ended
Country
Network
NBC
Creators
Andy Borowitz, Susan Borowitz
Actors
Scenario
Jeff Pollack, David Zuckerman
Producer
Werner Walian, Samm-Art Williams, Leslie Ray, David Steven Simon, Maiya Williams, David Pitlik, Barry Gurstein, Lisa Rosenthal, Joel Madison, Adam Markowitz
Camera operator
Dana Ross Martin
Composer
Quincy Jones III
Editing
Jim McQueen, John Doutt, Jesse Hoke
Whole Team (191)
Whole Team (191)
Short description
Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — and their sophisticated British butler, Geoffrey. Though Will’s antics and upbringing contrast greatly with the upper-class lifestyle of his extended relatives, he soon finds himself right at home as a loved part of the family.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
Season 1 Will Smith is revealed to be a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia, who is sent to live with his wealthy relatives at their Bel Air, Los Angeles mansion. His relatives include Phillip Banks, Will's strict and gruff uncle, and Vivian Banks, Will's no-nonsense, forthright, and career-minde…
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25 | 1990-09-10 | 7.6 |
Season 2 The prince is back and fresher than ever! In the second season of this inspiring comedy, as the Banks family continues to adjust to Will living with them in Bel-Air, they find themselves questioning how they live in the process. Meanwhile, Will’s fear of becoming like his uptight Uncle Philip and…
|
24 | 1991-09-09 | 7.5 |
Season 3 Season three of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air finds Will (Will Smith) firmly entrenched in the Banks family, having traded his rough-and-tumble Philadelphia youth for posh surroundings in Bel-Air. This year, Will hip-hops over to the same prep school as Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro) and starts scoping …
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24 | 1992-09-14 | 7.5 |
Season 4 Charming and cocky Will continues his reign as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the fourth fast-paced season of this hit family comedy with heart. Will (Will Smith) and Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro) are living large at college — even though they live in their family’s pool house. When they’re not hunti…
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26 | 1993-09-20 | 7.5 |
Season 5 Will meets Lisa — and before you can say “Go slow, bro,” he’s in love, engaged, and standing before the minister with 50 pounds of iced shrimp melting in the banquet hall. All that romance must be contagious, because Carlton finds his soul sister through online dating. Unfortunately, that’s only …
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25 | 1994-09-19 | 7.4 |
Season 6 After Will becomes Hilary's talent coordinator, her show goes national and she is lured to New York, where Ashley hopes to model. When Philip presides over a high-profile Hollywood case, his ambition almost ruins his marriage.
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24 | 1995-09-18 | 7.5 |
What's left behind the scenes
- The so-called "Carlton Dance," shown repeatedly in the series, is a parody of a dance performed by Courteney Cox in Bruce Springsteen's 1984 music video "Dancing in the Dark."
- Jada Pinkett Smith auditioned for the role of Lisa, but was rejected due to the height difference with Will Smith and a "lack of passion" in the chemistry with her co-star. However, Pinkett's introduction to Smith led to their marriage three years later.
- The scripts for the final episodes of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th seasons were written with the possibility that there might be no continuation. The script for the final episode of the 6th season was written with the full certainty that the series was being cancelled.
- Will Smith played a charismatic and confident teenager. In reality, as the actor once admitted, he was shy and quite timid around the opposite sex during those years.
- In fact, Will Smith's names in real life and in the series differ. In real life he is Willard, while in the series he is William. In one episode, the father of Smith's friend jokingly calls him Willard.
- While working on the future series, Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeiro racked their brains over what to name their characters. According to Smith, Ribeiro jokingly advised him to choose the name with great responsibility, because he would certainly be called by that character's name in the future. That was when Ribeiro suggested he go by 'Will Smith'.
- Uncle Phil's law firm is named Firth, Wynn and Meyer, which is a reference to the group Earth, Wind & Fire, of whom executive producer Quincy Jones is a huge fan.
- The series' audience in the US was the largest in the 3rd season and the smallest (by more than 5 million people) in the 6th.
- The English title of the series, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is a play on Will Smith's stage name from the late 1980s hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince.
- The series was planned to end after the fourth season, when the main character returns to Philadelphia. However, fans flooded Will Smith and NBC executives with letters demanding a continuation, and it was decided to keep the show going.
- The scene where Jazz is kicked out of the house was filmed on location, so they only did one take. Since this character was kicked out of the house regularly, the show's creators specifically ensured that the actor wore the same shirt in every episode where this occurred. Nevertheless, some continuity errors slipped through—the first time Jazz is shown wearing sunglasses, while in some subsequent instances, he is wearing regular glasses.
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