Amen (1986)
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 & Episode
On her six-month anniversary, Thelma feels neglected because Reuben is teaching night school.
Frye establishes a day care center called ""Deaconland.""
Frye takes in a trouble-prone teen, a would-be rapper dubbed ""Clarence So Fine.""
Frye backs a man claiming to be Santa Claus. (Part 1 of 2)
Newly appointed to the bench, power-drunk Judge Frye aims to throw the book at all who come before him.
Reuben's visiting niece reveals she's leaving seminary school to become a singer, and Frye enters her in a gospelfest.
Frye sees publicity in a televised trial involving writer-comedian Steve Allen in a suit against a fried-chicken mogul.
Frye dates a beautiful and much younger environmentalist.
The deacon reassembles his '50s doo-wop group for a benefit.
Frye and Ruben both try to intervene when the Deacon's pro basketball player client, wants to marry Amelia and move to Italy. Will Love intervene instead and short-circuit the deacon's plans?
Rapper MC Hammer has a dual role as a flamboyant minister and as himself, busting a move to keep Clarence in school. Guard: Jacques Apollo Bolton. Clarence: Bumper Robinson. Rev. Gregory: Clifton Davis.
Thelma gets her own TV cooking show.
Deacon Frye dates a teacher Clarence likes, and the 2 begin to bump heads.
At an auction, an insufferable woman wins a date with Frye.
Frye and Clarence try raising church funds by dating wealthy Darla and her equally unattractive granddaughter Darletta.