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.

• Released: 1986-09-27
• Genres: Comedy, Family
• Seasons: 5, 110 episodes
• Episode length: 30m
• Network: NBC
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 22 votes

Created by Ed. Weinberger.

Top 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

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• A Different World (1987)
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