Amen

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

1986

★★★☆☆ 6.5/10

📺 5 Seasons

🎬 110 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 EN

⏱️ 30 min/episode

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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.

Seasons

Season 1

1986 • 22 Episodes

In the series pilot, Ernest Frye, a holier-than-thou deacon, is seeking a new minister for the First Community church.

Season 2

1987 • 21 Episodes

Reuben contemplates accepting a new job in Los Angeles.

Season 3

1988 • 22 Episodes

While stuck on a discount flight to the Bahamas, with the gang, Thelma has to overcome her extreme phobia of flying. Little does she know that the pilot has turned green from eating a tuna sandwich, and is out cold. Who will fly the plane? Who will land the plane before they run out of fuel? Will Thelma's worst fears be realized? Will the Reverend be able to say anything to Thelma to make her not afraid?

Season 4

1989 • 23 Episodes

Nobody in the First Community Church can keep a secret. When word gets out that Ruben is about to propose marriage to Thelma, the whole congregation drops what they were doing, and shows up at the church to witness the blessed event. But when the deadline comes and goes, and Rev Gregory doesnt make his move, everyone wonders if it will ever happen.

Season 5

1990 • 22 Episodes

On her six-month anniversary, Thelma feels neglected because Reuben is teaching night school.