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.
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
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