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Bel-Air Season 4 Updates & Renewal (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Bel-Air has grown to be one of the most popular shows on Peacock. It is a reboot of the 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which in turn is a fictional retelling of actor Will Smith’s teenage years.

The comedy series follows Will’s journey from West Philadelphia to the luxurious neighborhood of Bel-Air. The series finished airing its third season in September 2024, and ever since, fans have been awaiting updates on a potential fourth season. So, is Bel-Air Season 4 happening? Let’s find out.

Will there be Bel-Air Season 4?

Bel-Air is returning for a fourth season. Peacock officially announced the renewal on December 3rd, 2024; however, the streamer also revealed that season 4 would be the last for the series. Contrary to the previous seasons, which featured 10 episodes, the final installment will have only eight episodes due to budget constraints.

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Peacock is extending (and ending) the Fresh Prince’s reign, renewing Bel-Air for a fourth and final season.

Executive-produced by Will Smith, Bel-Air is a dramatic reimagining of the iconic ’90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, inspired by a short film released by Morgan Cooper.

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Bel-Air stars Jabari Banks as Will Smith, Cassandra Freeman as Vivian Banks,...

Will Smith became famous thanks to the amazing sitcom that aired from 1990 to 1996, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show became a household name, and so did the lead character, who was also named after the actor who played him, “Will Smith.” The sitcom is about an affluent African American family living in one of the most upscale neighborhoods of Los Angeles, Bel-Air. Even though the show was humorous, it talked about many issues concerning the African American community and how the leads have fought to become one of the influential families in the city. Peacock has now rebooted the same show, but instead of comedy, the new reimagined version in the same neighborhood, Bel-Air is a full-fledged drama about the Banks family. The family has to make new adjustments as a new relative, Will Smith joins them. Bel-Air seasons one and two aired in the years 2022 and 2023, and it...

Peacock is extending Will’s reign over Bel-Air, renewing the drama for a third season, TVLine has learned.

A dramatic reimagining of the iconic sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, this new series stars Jabari Banks as Will Smith, a troubled Philadelphia teen who moves into his aunt and uncle’s Los Angeles mansion in pursuit of a better life.

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Nearly a quarter century after NBC sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” ended its six-season run, filmmaker Morgan Cooper uploaded a mock trailer for a dramatic reimagining of the series to YouTube, where it has since gained over seven million views. The video’s popularity soon led to the reboot idea becoming a reality in the form of Peacock series “Bel-Air,” which premiered this February. Cooper (who produces the show and directed and wrote part of its first season) recently participated in a 2022 Emmys FYC panel along with showrunners/executive producers T.J. Brady and Rasheed Newson and actors Akira Akbar, Jimmy Akingbola, Jabari Banks, Cassandra Freeman, Adrian Holmes and Coco Jones, moderated by Justin Sylvester from E! News. Watch the video Q&a above.

Brady and Newson, who have produced seven shows together beginning with “Army Wives” in 2012, both admitted they were unsure about how this particular venture would play out,...