Amen

1 9 8 6 - 1 9 9 1 (USA)
110 x 30 minute episodes

Screened as part of NBC's Saturday evening offering for over five years, Amen was set in an African-American church, the First Community Church of Philadelphia, and revolved around the church's Deacon, Ernest Frye (played by Sherman Hemsley, who had previously appeared on All In The Family and The Jeffersons). The series also starred Clifton Davis as the church's pastor, Reverend Reuben Gregory.

Anna Maria Horsford played Thelma Frye - Ernest's awkward daughter who was pitifully in love with the handsome reverend. Also appearing were Barbara Montgomery as Casietta Hetebrink, Roz Ryan as Amelia Hetebrink, Jester Hairston as Rolly Forbes, Rosetta LeNoire as Leola Forbes and Franklin Seales as Lorenzo Hollingsworth.

TRIVIA NOTE
Clifton Davis was an actual ordained minister. While Amen was being aired, Davis was the assistant pastor at the Loma Linda Seventh Day Adventist Church in California.