‘Bel-Air’ Season 3 Review: Peacock Show Juggles Too Much Drama

Jabari Banks and Olly Sholotan lead a charmingly wonky summertime chapter of the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” reboot series

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Olly Sholotan and Jabari Banks in "Bel-Air." (Greg Gayne/Peacock)

Anticipation was high for “Bel-Air” two years ago, the dramatic flip of the beloved classic comedy “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Kansas City native Morgan Cooper’s re-imagining of the pop culture fixture started as a fan film he uploaded to YouTube in 2019 that generated so much buzz that Will Smith himself jumped aboard as an executive producer. And the success of the first season, not to mention glowing reviews of the show’s depiction of class tensions — and changes like fresh takes on Hillary as a culinary influencer and Carlton as a struggling, undercover addict — beget a second season and now a third.

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