SeriesEnded

Amen (1986–1991)

5 seasons110 episodes30 min per episode★ 6.9 · 2,707 votes

• Comedy

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.

First aired

September 27, 1986

Last episode

May 11, 1991

Network

NBC

Country of origin

United States