Fresh prince of bel air cast series#

It looks like the kind of over-the-top Black soap opera drama we haven’t had since Empire was on. More than two decades later, The Fresh-Prince of Bel-Air is getting a reboot, with the. Right now, Our Kind of People is about to come out on Fox, which is going to be about the Black upper class in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. The final episodde of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air aired on May, 20, 1996 after six seasons and 148 episodes. The first four episodes of Bel-Air, the reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, have aired on Peacock, and the show is taking a new approach to the original comedy series' plot. It feels like something Tyler Perry would do. The lightest-skinned woman is the love interest, and the darkest-skinned woman is the mother. Where is the body diversity? The curvy and fat figures? Why is Uncle Phil just a brooding Black man? Rewatching the fan trailer, I just was not excited about the idea of Uncle Phil being cast as some very intimidating, dark-skinned Black man. It was nominated for multiple Golden Globes in 19 as well as an Emmy in 1996. I feel like it could be any Black drama of the past few years-especially the casting of women. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air became one of the most popular sitcoms on American TV.

Looking at the cast list, it is hard to really sum up the feeling I have … but I just find it bland.

Fresh prince of bel air cast series#

Morgan’s version of the series has promised to be “deeper and more dramatic than the original ’90s sitcom, touching on race, class, wealth, sports, incarceration, hip-hop, and other concerns of modern African-American youth.” It already has a two-season commitment, which is very ambitious for something like this.