Amen

Amen

TV-G 1986 · 5 seasons · 110 eps · ★ 6.6 · Comedy , Family

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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

Network: NBC

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