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.
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