1986 • Comedy / Family • 30m

Amen

67

CINESCORE

FRESH

21 critic reviews

68%

POPCORN METER

AUDIENCE

Verified ratings

SEASONS

5 · 110 eps

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.