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Amen (1986-1991)
Amen was an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, the series stars Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s and early 1990s which featured predominantly black casts – others included The Cosby Show, A Different World, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and 227. The series revolves around Ernest Frye, a widower deacon of the First Community Church of Philadelphia, who also works as a lawyer.Episodes | Back to the to the Sherman Hemsley Catalog