Sherman HemsleyDeacon Ernest Frye
Clifton DavisReverend Reuben Gregory
Anna Maria HorsfordThelma Frye
Roz RyanAmelia Hetabrink
Jester HairstonRolly Forbes
Tony T. JohnsonChris
Series1986–1991TV-G
Amen
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.
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Love, Deacon Style
On her six-month anniversary, Thelma feels neglected because Reuben is teaching night school.
Two Men, One Woman and a Baby
After a woman is car-jacked, with her baby still in the car with the theif, the thief drops the baby off on the doorsteps of the First Community Church. And since Thelma has no children of her own, whe makes plans to become the child's foster mother, against objections from the deacon and the Rev. Soon the child even begins to soften the deacon's stand. But in the end, Thelma is determined to hold onto the baby. . . until the child's mother shows up. Meanwhile, Deacon Frye is tax audited and owes Uncle Sam a large sum of money.
Child's Play
Frye establishes a day care center called ""Deaconland.""
Yo, Deak
Frye takes in a trouble-prone teen, a would-be rapper dubbed ""Clarence So Fine.""
Miracle on 134th Street (1)
Frye backs a man claiming to be Santa Claus. (Part 1 of 2)
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