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.
Amen (Season 5)
Love, Deacon Style 0.0
Air date: 1990-11-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: On her six-month anniversary, Thelma feels neglected because Reuben is teaching night school.
Two Men, One Woman and a Baby 0.0
Air date: 1990-12-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1990-12-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Frye establishes a day care center called ""Deaconland.""
Yo, Deak 0.0
Air date: 1990-12-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Frye takes in a trouble-prone teen, a would-be rapper dubbed ""Clarence So Fine.""
Miracle on 134th Street (1) 0.0
Air date: 1990-12-22
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Frye backs a man claiming to be Santa Claus. (Part 1 of 2)
Miracle on 134th Street (2) 0.0
Air date: 1990-12-22
Runtime: 30 min
Judge Deacon Frye 0.0
Air date: 1990-12-29
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Newly appointed to the bench, power-drunk Judge Frye aims to throw the book at all who come before him.
The Gospel Truth 0.0
Air date: 1991-01-05
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Reuben's visiting niece reveals she's leaving seminary school to become a singer, and Frye enters her in a gospelfest.
Lights, Camera, Deacon 0.0
Air date: 1991-01-12
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Frye sees publicity in a televised trial involving writer-comedian Steve Allen in a suit against a fried-chicken mogul.
Unforgettable 0.0
Air date: 1991-01-19
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Frye dates a beautiful and much younger environmentalist.
Ernie and the Sublimes 0.0
Air date: 1991-02-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The deacon reassembles his '50s doo-wop group for a benefit.
The Deacon's Slam Dunk 0.0
Air date: 1991-02-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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?
Three Men and a Hammer 0.0
Air date: 1991-02-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
Nothin' Says Lovin' ... 0.0
Air date: 1991-03-02
Runtime: 30 min
My Fair Homeboy 0.0
Air date: 1991-03-09
Runtime: 30 min
A Star is Burned 0.0
Air date: 1991-03-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Thelma gets her own TV cooking show.
Deak-Scam 0.0
Air date: 1991-03-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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!
The Wild Deak 0.0
Air date: 1991-04-06
Runtime: 30 min
Three's a Crowd 0.0
Air date: 1991-04-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Deacon Frye dates a teacher Clarence likes, and the 2 begin to bump heads.
Date with an Angel 0.0
Air date: 1991-04-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: At an auction, an insufferable woman wins a date with Frye.
Deliverance (1) 0.0
Air date: 1991-05-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Frye and Clarence try raising church funds by dating wealthy Darla and her equally unattractive granddaughter Darletta.
Deliverance (2) 0.0
Air date: 1991-05-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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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