Overview

• Peacock confirmed Banks will appear in Season 4 as a former college classmate with a big personality who Viv is reluctantly reunited with.
• Her role is a new character and not Jackie Ames, the part she played on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air three decades ago.
• The fourth season is the series’ last, set to premiere Nov. 24 on Peacock, and will run eight hour-long episodes.
• Banks acknowledged the casting on Instagram, writing, “She’s back in Bel-Air. She’s bringing the drama. And she’s getting the last word.”
• Season 4 is led by showrunner Carla Banks Waddles, with creator Morgan Cooper directing the final two episodes and executive producers including Will Smith; past Fresh Prince alums like Tatyana Ali, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid and Vernee Watson-Johnson have also appeared in new roles.