List of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally 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 who is sent to move in with his wealthy uncle and aunt in their Bel-Air mansion after getting into a fight in the local playground in his neighborhood. 148 episodes were produced over six seasons.
Series overview[]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Rating | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||||
1 | 25 | September 10, 1990 | May 6, 1991 | 41[1] | 12.9[1] | ||
2 | 24 | September 9, 1991 | May 4, 1992 | 18[2] | 14.5[2] | ||
3 | 24 | September 14, 1992 | May 10, 1993 | 16 | 14.6[A] | ||
4 | 26 | September 20, 1993 | May 23, 1994 | 21 | 13.7[B] | ||
5 | 25 | September 19, 1994 | May 15, 1995 | 56[3] | 10.4[3] | ||
6 | 24 | September 18, 1995 | May 20, 1996 | 55[4] | 9.6[4] |
Episodes[]
Season 1 (1990–91)[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "The Fresh Prince Project" | Debbie Allen | Story by : Andy Borowitz & Susan Borowitz Teleplay by : Andy Borowitz & Susan Borowitz | September 10, 1990 | 446801 |
2 | 2 | "Bang the Drum, Ashley" | Debbie Allen | Andy Borowitz & Susan Borowitz, Shannon Gaughan | September 17, 1990 | 446802 |
3 | 3 | "Clubba Hubba" | Debbie Allen | Andy Borowitz and Rob Edwards | September 24, 1990 | 446805 |
4 | 4 | "Not with My Pig, You Don't" | Debbie Allen | Lisa Rosenthal | October 1, 1990 | 446806 |
5 | 5 | "Homeboy, Sweet Homeboy" | Jeff Melman | Samm-Art Williams | October 8, 1990 | 446804 |
6 | 6 | "Mistaken Identity" | Jeff Melman | Susan Borowitz & Andy Borowitz | October 15, 1990 | 446807 |
7 | 7 | "Def Poet's Society" | Jeff Melman | John Bowman | October 22, 1990 | 446808 |
8 9 | 8 9 | "Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect" | Jeff Melman | Story by : Bennie Richburg, Jr. Teleplay by : Cheryl Gard & Shannon Gaughan | October 29, 1990 | 446810A 446810B |
10 | 10 | "Kiss My Butler" | Debbie Allen | Sandy Frank | November 5, 1990 | 446809 |
11 | 11 | "Courting Disaster" | Jeff Melman | Sandy Frank & Lisa Rosenthal | November 12, 1990 | 446811 |
12 | 12 | "Talking Turkey" | Jeff Melman | Cheryl Gard | November 19, 1990 | 446812 |
13 | 13 | "Knowledge Is Power" | Jeff Melman | Rob Edwards | November 26, 1990 | 446813 |
14 | 14 | "Day Damn One" | Jeff Melman | Cheryl Gard | December 3, 1990 | 446803 |
15 | 15 | "Deck the Halls" | Jeff Melman | Shannon Gaughan | December 10, 1990 | 446814 |
16 | 16 | "Lucky Charm" | Jeff Melman | Samm-Art Williams | January 7, 1991 | 446816 |
17 | 17 | "The Ethnic Tip" | Jeff Melman | Benny Medina & Jeff Pollack | January 14, 1991 | 446815 |
18 | 18 | "The Young and the Restless" | Jeff Melman | Lisa Rosenthal | January 21, 1991 | 446817 |
19 | 19 | "It Had to Be You" | Jeff Melman | Cheryl Gard | February 4, 1991 | 446818 |
20 | 20 | "Nice Lady" | Jeff Melman | Sandy Frank | February 11, 1991 | 446819 |
21 | 21 | "Love at First Fight" | Jeff Melman | Lisa Rosenthal & Samm-Art Williams | February 18, 1991 | 446820 |
22 | 22 | "Banks Shot" | Jeff Melman | Bennie Richburg, Jr. | February 25, 1991 | 446821 |
23 | 23 | "72 Hours" | Rea Kraus | Rob Edwards | March 11, 1991 | 446822 |
24 | 24 | "Just Infatuation" | Jeff Melman | Jeff Pollack & Benny Medina | April 29, 1991 | 446824 |
25 | 25 | "Working It Out" | Rita Rogers Blye | Shannon Gaughan | May 6, 1991 | 446823 |
Season 2 (1991–92)[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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26 | 1 | "Did the Earth Move for You?" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Winifred Hervey Stallworth | September 9, 1991 | 446901 |
27 | 2 | "The Mother of All Battles" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Bryan Winter | September 16, 1991 | 446902 |
28 | 3 | "Will Gets a Job" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Efrem Seeger | September 23, 1991 | 446903 |
29 | 4 | "PSAT Pstory" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Andy Borowitz & Susan Borowitz, Marcus Jamal Gaines | September 30, 1991 | 446904 |
30 | 5 | "Granny Gets Busy" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Cheryl Gard | October 7, 1991 | 446906 |
31 | 6 | "Guess Who's Coming to Marry?" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Samm-Art Williams | October 14, 1991 | 446905 |
32 | 7 | "The Big Four-Oh" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Lisa Rosenthal | October 21, 1991 | 446907 |
33 | 8 | "She Ain't Heavy" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Lisa Rosenthal | November 4, 1991 | 446908 |
34 | 9 | "Cased Up" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. | November 11, 1991 | 446909 |
35 | 10 | "Hi-Ho Silver" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Elaine Newman & Ed Burnham | November 18, 1991 | 446910 |
36 | 11 | "The Butler Did It" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Efrem Seeger and Bryan Winter | November 25, 1991 | 446911 |
37 | 12 | "Something for Nothing" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Bill Streib | December 9, 1991 | 446912 |
38 | 13 | "Will's Christmas Show" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Winifred Hervey Stallworth | December 16, 1991 | 446913 |
39 | 14 | "Hilary Gets a Life" | Shelley Jensen | Lisa Rosenthal, Eunetta T. Boone and P. Karen Raper | January 6, 1992 | 446914 |
40 | 15 | "My Brother's Keeper" | Ellen Falcon | Andy Borowitz & Susan Borowitz, Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. | January 13, 1992 | 446915 |
41 | 16 | "Geoffrey Cleans Up" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Cheryl Gard and Lisa Rosenthal | January 20, 1992 | 446916 |
42 | 17 | "Community Action" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Eunetta T. Boone & P. Karen Raper, Cheryl Gard | February 3, 1992 | 446917 |
43 | 18 | "Ill Will" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Winifred Hervey Stallworth, Leslie Ray and David Steven Simon | February 10, 1992 | 446918 |
44 | 19 | "Eyes on the Prize" | Ellen Falcon | Winifred Hervey Stallworth and Bryan Winter | February 17, 1992 | 446919 |
45 | 20 | "Those Were the Days" | Jeff Melman and Ellen Falcon | Samm-Art Williams and Rita Rogers Blye | February 24, 1992 | 446920 |
46 | 21 | "Vying for Attention" | Malcolm-Jamal Warner | Efrem Seeger | March 2, 1992 | 446921 |
47 | 22 | "The Aunt Who Came to Dinner" | Rae Kraus | Jerry Ross | March 23, 1992 | 446922 |
48 | 23 | "Be My Baby Tonight" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Bryan Winter and Lisa Rosenthal | April 27, 1992 | 446923 |
49 | 24 | "Striptease for Two" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Leslie Ray & David Steven Simon | May 4, 1992 | 446924 |
Season 3 (1992–93)[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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50 | 1 | "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Andy Borowitz & Susan Borowitz, Winifred Hervey Stallworth | September 14, 1992 | 446951 |
51 | 2 | "Will Gets Committed" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Leslie Ray & David Steven Simon | September 21, 1992 | 446952 |
52 | 3 | "That's No Lady, That's My Cousin" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Bryan Winter | September 28, 1992 | 446953 |
53 | 4 | "Hilary Gets a Job" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Lisa Rosenthal and Efrem Seeger | October 5, 1992 | 446954 |
54 | 5 | "Mama's Baby, Carlton's Maybe" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Winifred Hervey Stallworth and Michael Fry | October 12, 1992 | 446956 |
55 | 6 | "P.S. I Love You" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Linda M. Yearwood | October 24, 1992 | 446955 |
56 | 7 | "Here Comes the Judge" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Samm-Art Williams | October 26, 1992 | 446958 |
57 | 8 | "Boyz in the Woods" | Shelley Jensen and Chuck Vinson | Samm-Art Williams | November 5, 1992 | 446957 |
58 | 9 | "A Night at the Oprah" | Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Shelley Jensen | Efrem Seeger, Leslie Ray and David Steven Simon | November 9, 1992 | 446959 |
59 | 10 | "Asses to Ashes" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Leslie Ray & David Steven Simon, Bryan Winter | November 16, 1992 | 446960 |
60 | 11 | "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Lisa Rosenthal, Leslie Ray and David Steven Simon | November 23, 1992 | 446961 |
61 | 12 | "The Cold War" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Winifred Hervey Stallworth and David Steven Simon | December 7, 1992 | 446962 |
62 | 13 | "Mommy Nearest" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Leslie Ray & David Steven Simon, Efrem Seeger | December 14, 1992 | 446963 |
63 | 14 | "Winner Takes Off" | Shelley Jensen | Casey Maxwell Clair | January 4, 1993 | 446964 |
64 | 15 | "Robbing the Banks" | Shelley Jensen | Winifred Hervey Stallworth | January 18, 1993 | 446966 |
65 | 16 | "Bundle of Joy" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Andy Borowitz & Susan Borowitz, Myles Avery Mapp and Kelly Snyder | January 25, 1993 | 446974 |
66 | 17 | "Best Laid Plans" | Shelley Jensen | Efrem Seeger, Leslie Ray and David Steven Simon | February 1, 1993 | 446965 |
67 | 18 | "The Alma Matter" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Lisa Rosenthal and Bryan Winter | February 8, 1993 | 446968 |
68 | 19 | "Just Say Yo" | Shelley Jensen | Myles Avery Mapp & K. Snyder | February 15, 1993 | 446969 |
69 | 20 | "The Baby Comes Out" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Samm-Art Williams | February 22, 1993 | 446967 |
70 | 21 | "You Bet Your Life" | Jeff Melman and Chuck Vinson | Cheryl Gard and Samm-Art Williams | March 1, 1993 | 446970 |
71 | 22 | "Ain't No Business Like Show Business" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Story by : Jeff Pollack & Will Smith Teleplay by : Jeff Pollack | April 12, 1993 | 446971 |
72 | 23 | "The Way We Were" | Maynard C. Virgil | Michael Fry | May 3, 1993 | 446973 |
73 | 24 | "Six Degrees of Graduation" | Jeff Melman and Shelley Jensen | Bryan Winter & Efrem Seeger | May 10, 1993 | 446972 |
Season 4 (1993–94)[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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74 75 | 1 2 | "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" | Shelley Jensen | Gary H. Miller | September 20, 1993 | 60031 60032 |
76 | 3 | "All Guts, No Glory" | Shelley Jensen | Maiya Williams | September 27, 1993 | 60033 |
77 | 4 | "Father of the Year" | Shelley Jensen | Leslie Ray & David Steven Simon | October 4, 1993 | 60034 |
78 | 5 | "It's Better to Have Loved and Lost It..." | Shelley Jensen | David Zuckerman | October 11, 1993 | 60036 |
79 | 6 | "Will Goes a Courtin'" | Shelley Jensen | Bill Boulware | October 18, 1993 | 60037 |
80 | 7 | "Hex and the Single Guy" | Shelley Jensen | Barry Gurstein & David Pitlik | October 25, 1993 | 60038 |
81 | 8 | "Blood Is Thicker Than Mud" | Chuck Vinson | Devon Shepard | November 1, 1993 | 60039 |
82 | 9 | "Fresh Prince After Dark" | Shelley Jensen | Eddie Gorodetsky | November 8, 1993 | 60035 |
83 | 10 | "Home Is Where the Heart Attack Is" | Shelley Jensen | Eddie Gorodetsky | November 15, 1993 | 60040 |
84 | 11 | "Take My Cousin – Please" | Shelley Jensen | David Zuckerman | November 22, 1993 | 60041 |
85 | 12 | "You've Got to Be a Football Hero" | Shelley Jensen | Bill Boulware | November 29, 1993 | 60042 |
86 | 13 | "Twas the Night Before Christening" | Shelley Jensen | Maiya Williams & Eddie Gorodetsky | December 20, 1993 | 60043 |
87 | 14 | "Sleepless in Bel-Air" | Shelley Jensen | Maiya Williams | January 3, 1994 | 60054 |
88 | 15 | "Who's the Boss" | Shelley Jensen | David Pitlik & Barry Gurstein | January 10, 1994 | 60044 |
89 | 16 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Screams" | Shelley Jensen | Bill Boulware & David Zuckerman | January 24, 1994 | 60045 |
90 | 17 | "When You Hit Upon a Star" | Shelley Jensen | Michael Soccio | January 31, 1994 | 60046 |
91 | 18 | "Stop Will! In the Name of Love" | Maynard C. Virgil I | Story by : Gayle Abrams Teleplay by : Gayle Abrams & Jenji Kohan | February 14, 1994 | 60048 |
92 | 19 | "You'd Better Shop Around" | Shelley Jensen | Devon Shepard & K. Snyder | February 21, 1994 | 60047 |
93 | 20 | "The Ol' Ball and Chain" | Shelley Jensen | Arnold Rudnick & Rich Hosek | February 28, 1994 | 60049 |
94 | 21 | "The Harder They Fall" | Shelley Jensen | Devon Shepard | March 14, 1994 | 60050 |
95 | 22 | "M is for the Many Things She Gave Me" | Shelley Jensen | Gary H. Miller | April 25, 1994 | 60060 |
96 | 23 | "Mother's Day" | Madeline Cripe | Leslie Ray & David Steven Simon | May 2, 1994 | 60051 |
97 | 24 | "Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse" | Shelley Jensen | Bill Boulware & David Zuckerman | May 9, 1994 | 60053 |
98 | 25 | "For Sale by Owner" | Shelley Jensen | Harrison Boyd | May 16, 1994 | 60061 |
99 | 26 | "The Philadelphia Story" | Shelley Jensen | Maiya Williams & Eddie Gorodetsky | May 23, 1994 | 60052 |
Season 5 (1994–95)[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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100 101 | 1 2 | "The Client" "What's Will Got to Do with It?" | Shelley Jensen | Barry Gurstein & David Pitlik David Zuckerman & John Ridley | September 19, 1994 | 60066 60064 |
102 | 3 | "Reality Bites" | Shelley Jensen | David Zuckerman | September 26, 1994 | 60063 |
103 | 4 | "Grumpy Young Men" | Shelley Jensen | Michael Soccio | October 3, 1994 | 60065 |
104 | 5 | "Fresh Prince, the Movie" | Shelley Jensen | Gary H. Miller | October 10, 1994 | 60062 |
105 | 6 | "Will's Misery" | Shelley Jensen | Eddie Gorodetsky | October 17, 1994 | 60067 |
106 | 7 | "Father Knows Best" | Shelley Jensen | Andrea Allen | October 24, 1994 | 60068 |
107 | 8 | "Soul Train" | Shelley Jensen | John Ridley | November 7, 1994 | 60069 |
108 | 9 | "Love Hurts" | Shelley Jensen | Barry Gurstein & David Pitlik | November 14, 1994 | 60070 |
109 | 10 | "Will's Up the Dirt Road" | Shelley Jensen | Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. | November 21, 1994 | 60071 |
110 | 11 | "Will Steps Out" | Shelley Jensen | Maiya Williams | November 28, 1994 | 60072 |
111 | 12 | "Same Game, Next Season" | Shelley Jensen | David Zuckerman | December 12, 1994 | 60073 |
112 | 13 | "Three's a Crowd" | Madeline Cripe | Josh Goldstein | January 9, 1995 | 60074 |
113 | 14 | "It's a Wonderful Lie" | Chuck Vinson | Gayle Abrams | January 23, 1995 | 60075 |
114 | 15 | "Bullets over Bel-Air" | Shelley Jensen | Maiya Williams & Eddie Gorodetsky | February 6, 1995 | 60076 |
115 | 16 | "A Decent Proposal" | Shelley Jensen | David Pitlik & Barry Gurstein | February 13, 1995 | 60077 |
116 | 17 | "Will Is from Mars" | Shelley Jensen | Michael Soccio & Andrea Allen | February 20, 1995 | 60078 |
117 | 18 | "The Wedding Show (Psyche!) [sic]" | Shelley Jensen | Maiya Williams & David Zuckerman | February 27, 1995 | 60079 |
118 | 19 | "Slum Like It… Not!" | Shelley Jensen | Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. | March 13, 1995 | 60080 |
119 | 20 | "As the Will Turns" | Shelley Jensen | David Pitlik & Barry Gurstein | April 10, 1995 | 60081 |
120 | 21 | "Save the Last Trance for Me" | Shelley Jensen | Maiya Williams & Eddie Gorodetsky | April 17, 1995 | 60082 |
121 | 22 | "To Thine Own Self Be Blue…and Gold" | Shelley Jensen | Story by : Roger Garrett Teleplay by : Ernest "Tron" Anderson | April 24, 1995 | 60083 |
122 | 23 | "Cold Feet, Hot Body" | Shelley Jensen | Ron Burla | May 1, 1995 | 60084 |
123 | 24 | "Love in an Elevator" | Maynard C. Virgil, I | David Hoge & Dan Cross | May 8, 1995 | 60085 |
124 | 25 | "For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll" | Shelley Jensen | Leilani Downer | May 15, 1995 | 60086 |
Season 6 (1995–96)[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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125 | 1 | "Burnin' Down the House" | Madeline Cripe | Joel Madison & Adam Markowitz | September 18, 1995 | 60101 |
126 | 2 | "Get a Job" | Shelley Jensen | Mort Scrivner | September 25, 1995 | 60102 |
127 | 3 | "Stress Related" | Shelley Jensen | Larry Wilmore | October 2, 1995 | 60103 |
128 | 4 | "Bourgie Sings the Blues" | Shelley Jensen | Tom Devanney | October 9, 1995 | 60104 |
129 | 5 | "The Script Formerly Known As…" | Shelley Jensen | Felicia D. Henderson | October 16, 1995 | 60105 |
130 | 6 | "Not, I Barbecue" | Madeline Cripe | Kandace Yvette Williams & Matt Tarses | October 23, 1995 | 60106 |
131 | 7 | "Not with My Cousin You Don't" | Shelley Jensen | Adam Markowitz | November 6, 1995 | 60107 |
132 | 8 | "Viva Lost Wages" | Shelley Jensen | Robert Bruce | November 13, 1995 | 60108 |
133 134 | 9 10 | "There's the Rub" | Shelley Jensen | Joel Madison | November 20, 1995 | 60109 60110 |
135 | 11 | "I, Ooh, Baby Baby" | Alfonso Ribeiro | Tom Devanney & Adam Markowitz | December 11, 1995 | 60111 |
136 | 12 | "Boxing Helena" | Shelley Jensen | Michael Soccio | January 8, 1996 | 60112 |
137 | 13 | "I, Clownius" | Shelley Jensen | Story by : David Wyatt Teleplay by : George Tricker | January 15, 1996 | 60115 |
138 | 14 | "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Part 1" | Shelley Jensen | Lisa Rosenthal | February 12, 1996 | 60113 |
139 | 15 | "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Part 2" | Shelley Jensen | Lisa Rosenthal | February 19, 1996 | 60114 |
140 | 16 | "I, Bowl Buster" | Shelley Jensen | Michael Soccio | February 26, 1996 | 60117 |
141 | 17 | "The Butler's Son Did It" | Madeline Cripe | Lisa Rosenthal and Bryan Winter | March 18, 1996 | 60116 |
142 | 18 | "Hare Today…" | Shelley Jensen | Robert Bruce and Bryan Winter | April 8, 1996 | 60119 |
143 | 19 | "I, Whoops, There It Is" | Shelley Jensen | Mary Beth Pemberton & Tanya Ward | April 15, 1996 | 60124 |
144 | 20 | "I, Stank Horse" | Shelley Jensen | Tom Devanney and Bryan Winter | April 22, 1996 | 60120 |
145 | 21 | "I, Stank Hole in One" | Werner Walian | Michael Soccio & Matt Tarses | May 6, 1996 | 60121 |
146 | 22 | "Eye, Tooth" | Shelley Jensen | Adam Markowitz | May 13, 1996 | 60118 |
147 148 | 23 24 | "I, Done" | Shelley Jensen and Joseph Marcell | Jeff Pollack | May 20, 1996 | 60122 60123 |
Notes[]
- ^ Tied with Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and The Jackie Thomas Show
- ^ Tied with Dave's World
References[]
- ^ a b "1990-91 Nielsen ratings - Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums". www.sitcomsonline.com.
- ^ a b "The 1991-92 Season FULL Nielsen Ratings...and other interesting tidbits - Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums". www.sitcomsonline.com.
- ^ a b "The TV Ratings Guide: 1994-95 Ratings History".
- ^ a b "The TV Ratings Guide: 1995-96 Ratings History".
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