High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first season of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air premiered on September 10, 1990 and aired its season finale on May 6, 1991. In the Pilot, Will Smith is revealed as a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia, who is sent to live with his wealthy relatives in a Bel Air mansion. His relatives include Phillip Banks, Will`s strict and gruff uncle, and Vivian Banks, Will`s no-nonsense, forthright, and career-minded aunt. Other members of the Banks family include Carlton Banks, Will`s preppy and arrogant cousin, Hilary Banks, Will`s attractive but dull-witted, eldest cousin, Ashley Banks, Will`s youngest cousin, and Geoffrey, the family`s cynical Butler. Will`s lifestyle often clashed with that of his relatives there, and frequently got him or other members of the family into trouble as well.