Overview
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.
CreatorsEd. Weinberger
ProducersJames R. Stein, Robert Illes, Ed. Weinberger, Peter Noah
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Details
First air date1986-09-27
Last air date1991-05-11
Production countriesUnited States of America
LanguageEnglish
