Overview - Amen

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.

Seasons

• Name: Season 1

  Episode: 22

  Date first aired: 1986-09-27

• Name: Season 2

  Episode: 21

  Date first aired: 1987-10-03

• Name: Season 3

  Episode: 22

  Date first aired: 1988-10-08

• Name: Season 4

  Episode: 23

  Date first aired: 1989-09-16

• Name: Season 5

  Episode: 22

  Date first aired: 1990-11-17