Amen - Season 1 - Eps 1: Pilot

1986-09-2730 min⭐ 6.6/10

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

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About Amen

Amen

Title: Amen

First Air Date: 1986-09-27

Last Air Date: 1991-05-11

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.6/10 (from 15 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 5

Total Episodes: 110

Network: NBC

Genres: Comedy, Family

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

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

Sherman Hemsley

Deacon Ernest Frye

Clifton Davis

Clifton Davis

Reverend Reuben Gregory

Anna Maria Horsford

Anna Maria Horsford

Thelma Frye

Roz Ryan

Roz Ryan

Amelia Hetabrink

Jester Hairston

Jester Hairston

Rolly Forbes

Tony T. Johnson

Tony T. Johnson

Chris

Bumper Robinson

Bumper Robinson

Clarence

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