📺On September 20, 1993, Daphne Maxwell Reid made her first appearance as Vivian Banks, replacing Janet Hubert as a series regular on NBC’s ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.’ During the episode, Jazz remarked that something was different about Aunt Viv since she had the baby, prompting Will to break... the fourth wall and stare directly into the camerashow more

I love Daphne Maxwell Reid, but Janet Hubert was the best Vivian Banks ever.

Fresh Prince with a ‘New Aunt Viv’, Family Matters with only two kids. It was a truly confusing time!

Coincidentally, Jazz makes a reference to this in the episode where Ross Bagley joins the cast as he asks who is portraying Vivian that season.

this is still one of my favorite scenes ever!

@grok didn’t this happen because will smith and Janet Hubert dislike each other?

I love the replacement but the original Aunt Viv was great.

Amazing how they never brought up Aunt Viv being a professor or anything after like the first few seasons 🤔