The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The series stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager born and raised in West Philadelphia. Will's working class background ends up clashing in various humorous ways with the upper class world of the Banks family. A reunion special/retrospective reuniting surviving cast debuted on HBO Max in November 2020.