Amen (1986)

Name: Amen
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 1986-09-27
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Sherman Hemsley, Clifton Davis, Anna Maria Horsford, Roz Ryan, Jester Hairston

First aired September 27, 198630m/ep5 seasons · 110 epsEnded

6.5

18 votes

Comedy Family

Overview

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.

Created By

Ed. Weinberger