Janet Hubert and Daphne Maxwell Reid as Aunt Viv in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Big Picture It was revolutionary. It was funny. It was topical. And it made Will Smith a TV star. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the 1990s sitcom about a Philadelphia kid who comes to live with his wealthy aunt and uncle in Beverly Hills, was a ratings hit for NBC, finishing in the top 20 among network primetime programs for two straight years.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air TV-PGComedySitcom Will Smith more or less plays himself in this good-natured NBC sitcom. As the show's popular theme song explains, fictional Will's mom sends him away from his rough Philadelphia neighborhood to live with wealthy Uncle Phil and Aunt Vivian in Bel-Air. Will often has fun at the expense of stuck-up cousins Carlton and Hilary.
What Has Janet Hubert Said About Why She Left 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'? Hubert left The Fresh Prince after its third season, but her own accounts of her exit have varied over the years. She has alternatively blamed her departure on a contract negotiation that didn't go her way, while at other times seeming to acknowledge her reputation for being difficult and being pushed out by the show's producers.
1:35 Related Why This Pivotal ‘Family Matters’ Character Was Recast in Its Final Season For over eight years, Jo Marie Payton played Harriette Winslow on 'Family Matters,' but during the last season she left the series. In the years after Hubert left the show, she continued to eschew any thought of participating in cast reunions, seemingly still angry over her ill-fated time on the popular sitcom, and it's likely she wasn't invited to any get-togethers, either.
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