Amen (Season 5)

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.

  • Poster for Love, Deacon Style

    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.

  • Poster for Two Men, One Woman and a Baby

    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.

  • Poster for Child's Play

    Child's Play 0.0

    Air date: 1990-12-08

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Yo, Deak

    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.""

  • Poster for Miracle on 134th Street (1)

    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)

  • Poster for Miracle on 134th Street (2)

    Miracle on 134th Street (2) 0.0

    Air date: 1990-12-22

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for Judge Deacon Frye

    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.

  • Poster for The Gospel Truth

    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.

  • Poster for Lights, Camera, Deacon

    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.

  • Poster for Unforgettable

    Unforgettable 0.0

    Air date: 1991-01-19

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Frye dates a beautiful and much younger environmentalist.

  • Poster for Ernie and the Sublimes

    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.

  • Poster for The Deacon's Slam Dunk

    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?

  • Poster for Three Men and a Hammer

    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.

  • Poster for Nothin' Says Lovin' ...

    Nothin' Says Lovin' ... 0.0

    Air date: 1991-03-02

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for My Fair Homeboy

    My Fair Homeboy 0.0

    Air date: 1991-03-09

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for A Star is Burned

    A Star is Burned 0.0

    Air date: 1991-03-23

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Thelma gets her own TV cooking show.

  • Poster for Deak-Scam

    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!

  • Poster for The Wild Deak

    The Wild Deak 0.0

    Air date: 1991-04-06

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for Three's a Crowd

    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.

  • Poster for Date with an Angel

    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.

  • Poster for Deliverance (1)

    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.

  • Poster for Deliverance (2)

    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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