Amen (1986)
Amen (1986)
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Sherman Hemsley
Deacon Ernest Frye
Clifton Davis
Reverend Reuben Gregory
Anna Maria Horsford
Thelma Frye
Barbara Montgomery
Casietta Hetebrink
Roz Ryan
Amelia Hetabrink
Jester Hairston
Rolly Forbes
Elsa Raven
Inga
Ed. Weinberger
Creator / Producer
Peter Noah
Producer / Writer
Tony T. Johnson
Chris
Robert Illes
Producer
James R. Stein
Producer / Writer
Rosetta LeNoire
Leola Forbes
Shelley Jensen
Director / Supervising Producer
Lee Shallat Chemel
Director
John Robins
Director
Gary Shimokawa
Director
Steve Zuckerman
Director
Herbert Kenwith
Director
Bill Duke
Director
Michael Dimich
Director
Stan Lathan
Director
Eric Cohen
Writer
David Lloyd
Writer
Jace Richdale
Writer
Maiya Williams
Writer
Robin J. Stein
Writer
Scott S. Gorden
Writer
Gary Dontzig
Writer
Marco Pennette
Writer
Bumper Robinson
Clarence
Lynn Hamilton
Mrs. Phillips
Montrose Hagins
Leola Forbes / Mrs. Jackson
Robert MacNaughton
Michael
Tasha Scott
Connie
Ron Glass
Ta-Tanisha
Vonetta McGee
Lee Weaver
Paula Kelly
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Sam Scarber
Darius McCrary
Bennet Guillory
Neva Patterson
Nell Carter
Jane White
Franklyn Seales
Details.
Release DateSeptember 27, 1986
StatusEnded
Seasons5
Episodes110
Running Time30m
Content RatingTV-G
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
sitcom
religion
philadelphia
church
Scripted
Wiki.
Amen is an American sitcom produced by Carson Productions that aired on NBC from September 27, 1986, to May 11, 1991. 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 and early 1990s that featured predominantly black casts – others included The Cosby Show, A Different World, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and 227.
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