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Amen
Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen stars Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s which featured entirely or almost-entirely black casts. Others included The Cosby Show, A Different World, and 227.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 22 episodes (September 27, 1986)
- Season 2 — 21 episodes (October 3, 1987)
- Season 3 — 22 episodes (October 8, 1988)
- Season 4 — 23 episodes (September 23, 1989)
- Season 5 — 22 episodes (November 17, 1990)
Cast
- Sherman Hemsley as Deacon Ernest Frye
- Clifton Davis as Reverend Reuben Gregory
- Anna Maria Horsford as Thelma Frye
- Roz Ryan as Amelia Hetabrink
- Jester Hairston as Rolly Forbes
- Tony T. Johnson as Chris
- Bumper Robinson as Clarence
Details
- Created by
- Ed. Weinberger
- First aired
- September 27, 1986
- Episodes
- 110
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Network
- NBC
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 6.7 / 10 from 22 votes
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