Amen

• 1986 –1991
• •
• Ended
• •
• TV-G

• 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

Seasons

5

Episodes

110

Episode length

~30m

First aired

Sep 27, 1986

Networks

NBC

Original language

English

Origin

United States