Amen

Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Amen, starring Sherman Hemsley as the deacon of a Philadelphia church, was part of a wave of successful African American sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s which featured entirely or almost-entirely Black casts. Others included The Cosby Show, A Different World, and 227. The series starred Sherman Hemsley (of The Jeffersons and A... more

Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Amen, starring Sherman Hemsley as the deacon of a Philadelphia church, was part of a wave of successful African American sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s which featured entirely or almost-entirely Black casts. Others included The Cosby Show, A Different World, and 227. The series starred Sherman Hemsley (of The Jeffersons and All in the Family fame) as Deacon Ernest Frye, of the First Community Church of Philadelphia. Deacon Frye was often dishonest and frequently got into trouble with his many harebrained schemes. Anna Maria Horsford played Deacon Frye's thirty-six-year-old spinster daughter, Thelma Frye. Reverend Reuben Gregory, played by Clifton Davis, was the new, young Pastor of The First Community Church, and also the object of Thelma's affection. The two eventually married during the fourth season, despite the fact that the Reverend and Deacon often butted... less