Peacock’s ‘Bel-Air’ Renewed for Fourth and Final Season

EXCLUSIVE: Bel Air, that helped put Peacock on the original series map will come to an end. The modern drama reimagining of the popular 90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air has been picked up for a fourth season, which will be its last. According to sources, the final season will consist of eight episodes, down from the ten episodes in each of the first three seasons.

The extension will take place three months later Bel Air, The series, produced by Universal Television and Westbrook Studios, released its third season finale on September 5. According to sources, it was preceded by behind-the-scenes budget discussions, which could explain the delay. The final third season renewal occurred before the series’ second season finale.

Peacock took a big step forward to land Bel Air When the project was canceled in 2020, the series was in a very competitive situation, giving the drama based on Morgan Cooper’s viral four-minute spec trailer a two-season run. It was the first major commission for the then young NBCUniversal streamer and the drama became its first hit in its own right.

Jabari Banks, who plays the character created by Will Smith in the ’90s sitcom, leads the cast which also includes Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, Olly Sholotan, Coco Jones, Akira Akbar, Jimmy Akingbola, Jordan L. Jones and Simone belong to Joy Jones.

After changing showrunners early on, Carla Banks Waddles, a writer on the series since its inception, has served as showrunner since season two. She serves as an executive producer alongside Cooper, Will Smith, Terence Carter, James Lassiter, Miguel Melendez, Benny Medina, Quincy Jones, Andy & Susan Borowitz. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Westbrook Studios, a division of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s media company Westbrook Inc., are producing.

Notable guest stars throughout the seasons included Original The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Cast: Tatyana Ali, Joseph Marcell, Vernee Watson-Johnson and Daphne Maxwell Reid, along with Bianca Belair, Bill Bellamy, Justin Cornwell, Andra Day, Melissa DeSousa, Nicholas Duvernay, Dulé Hill, Anna Maria Horsford, April Parker Jones, Melanie Liburd , Jazlyn Martin, Vic Mensa, DK Metcalf, Saweetie, Alycia Pascual-Peña, David Ramsey, Karrueche Tran, Joivan Wade and Marlon Wayans.

Rosy Cordero contributed to this report.