Amen (1986)

Amen (1986)

1986-09-27 NBC
6.6 15 votes

Seasons and episodes

5 Season 5 November 17, 1990
4 Season 4 September 23, 1989
3 Season 3 October 08, 1988
2 Season 2 October 03, 1987
1 Season 1 September 27, 1986

Overview

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.

Cast

Sherman Hemsley is Deacon Ernest Frye
Deacon Ernest Frye
Clifton Davis is Reverend Reuben Gregory
Reverend Reuben Gregory
Anna Maria Horsford is Thelma Frye
Roz Ryan is Amelia Hetabrink
Amelia Hetabrink
Jester Hairston is Rolly Forbes
Rolly Forbes
Bumper Robinson is Clarence