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Amen( 1986)

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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.

  1. Ed. Weinberger

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Sherman Hemsley

    Deacon Ernest Frye

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    Clifton Davis

    Reverend Reuben Gregory

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    Anna Maria Horsford

    Thelma Frye

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    Roz Ryan

    Amelia Hetabrink

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    Jester Hairston

    Rolly Forbes

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    Tony T. Johnson

    Chris

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    Bumper Robinson

    Clarence

Current Season

Season 5

1990 | 22 Episodes

Season 5 of Amen premiered on Nov 17 1990

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Ended

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Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • philadelphia, pennsylvania
  • religion
  • church
  • sitcom