Amen
1986•TV-G•5 Seasons•110 Episodes•6.6•Ended
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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.
Creator
Ed. Weinberger
Network
NBC
Origin
US
Cast
Sherman Hemsley
Deacon Ernest Frye
Clifton Davis
Reverend Reuben Gregory
Anna Maria Horsford
Thelma Frye
Roz Ryan
Amelia Hetabrink
Jester Hairston
Rolly Forbes
Tony T. Johnson
Chris
Bumper Robinson
Clarence
Episodes
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