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.
Top cast
Sherman Hemsley
Deacon Ernest Frye
Clifton Davis
Reverend Reuben Gregory
Anna Maria Horsford
Thelma Frye
Roz Ryan
Amelia Hetabrink
Jester Hairston
Rolly Forbes
Barbara Montgomery
Casietta Hetebrink
Tony T. Johnson
Chris
Elsa Raven
Inga
Bumper Robinson
Clarence
Rosetta LeNoire
Franklyn Seales
Montrose Hagins
Mrs. Jackson
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Richard Roundtree
Craig Bierko
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- September 27, 1986
- Last air date
- May 11, 1991
- Seasons
- 5
- Episodes
- 110
- Episode runtime
- 30m
- Network
- NBC
- Original language
- EN
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