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.
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Classical in form, comic, warm and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Sherman HemsleyDeacon Ernest Frye
- Clifton DavisReverend Reuben Gregory
- Anna Maria HorsfordThelma Frye
- Roz RyanAmelia Hetabrink
- Jester HairstonRolly Forbes
- Tony T. JohnsonChris
- Bumper RobinsonClarence
Crew
- Ed. WeinbergerCreator
- Ed. WeinbergerProducer
- James R. SteinProducer
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Seasons
- Season 122 eps · 1986
- Season 221 eps · 1987
- Season 322 eps · 1988
- Season 423 eps · 1989
- Season 522 eps · 1990
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