Amen

September. 27,1986 TV-G

Rating：

6.8

Genre：

Comedy Family

Keywords：

Religion Church Sitcom

Trailer Synopsis

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 & Episode

Seasons 5 : 1990

22 Episode

Episode 1 - Love, Deacon Style

November. 17,1990

On her six-month anniversary, Thelma feels neglected because Reuben is teaching night school.

Episode 2 - Two Men, One Woman and a Baby

December. 01,1990

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.

Episode 3 - Child's Play

December. 08,1990

Frye establishes a day care center called ""Deaconland.""

Episode 4 - Yo, Deak

December. 15,1990

Frye takes in a trouble-prone teen, a would-be rapper dubbed ""Clarence So Fine.""

Episode 5 - Miracle on 134th Street (1)

December. 22,1990

Frye backs a man claiming to be Santa Claus. (Part 1 of 2)

Episode 6 - Miracle on 134th Street (2)

December. 22,1990

Episode 7 - Judge Deacon Frye

December. 29,1990

Newly appointed to the bench, power-drunk Judge Frye aims to throw the book at all who come before him.

Episode 8 - The Gospel Truth

January. 05,1991

Reuben's visiting niece reveals she's leaving seminary school to become a singer, and Frye enters her in a gospelfest.

Episode 9 - Lights, Camera, Deacon

January. 12,1991

Frye sees publicity in a televised trial involving writer-comedian Steve Allen in a suit against a fried-chicken mogul.

Episode 10 - Unforgettable

January. 19,1991

Frye dates a beautiful and much younger environmentalist.

Episode 11 - Ernie and the Sublimes

February. 02,1991

The deacon reassembles his '50s doo-wop group for a benefit.

Episode 12 - The Deacon's Slam Dunk

February. 09,1991

Frye and Ruben both try to intervene when the Deacon's pro basketball player client, wants to marry Amelia and move to Italy. Will Love intervene instead and short-circuit the deacon's plans?

Episode 13 - Three Men and a Hammer

February. 23,1991

Rapper MC Hammer has a dual role as a flamboyant minister and as himself, busting a move to keep Clarence in school. Guard: Jacques Apollo Bolton. Clarence: Bumper Robinson. Rev. Gregory: Clifton Davis.

Episode 14 - Nothin' Says Lovin' ...

March. 02,1991

Episode 15 - My Fair Homeboy

March. 09,1991

Episode 16 - A Star is Burned

March. 23,1991

Thelma gets her own TV cooking show.

Episode 17 - Deak-Scam

March. 30,1991

Judge Frye visits an old nemesis who tries to set him up in a sting operation. The judge is offered a large sum of money to alter the outcome of a certain case he presides over. And while everyone watches him on film, Judge Frye must make one of the toughest decisions of his life: whether to be honest and turn the money down, or enjoy the spice of life, with all that cash!

Episode 18 - The Wild Deak

April. 06,1991

Episode 19 - Three's a Crowd

April. 13,1991

Deacon Frye dates a teacher Clarence likes, and the 2 begin to bump heads.

Episode 20 - Date with an Angel

April. 27,1991

At an auction, an insufferable woman wins a date with Frye.

Episode 21 - Deliverance (1)

May. 04,1991

Frye and Clarence try raising church funds by dating wealthy Darla and her equally unattractive granddaughter Darletta.

Episode 22 - Deliverance (2)

May. 11,1991

Appearances by James Brown and Lloyd Price aren't the only surprises during a telethon to save the church: Thelma delivers a baby boy. (Part 2 of 2) Her delivery overdue, Thelma attends a telethon.

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Seasons 3 : 1988

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