Amen: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The series revolves around Ernest Frye, the insufferable deacon (and lawyer) whose father had founded the First Community Church of Philadelphia, and who intended to keep it under his thumb. Unfortunately the new minister, Rev. Gregory, had other ideas and every week he quietly deflated the strutting deacon. Both, of course, really had the church's best interests at heart. Thelma was the deacon's 30-year-old, unmarried, romantically frustrated daughter, who eventually began dating the handsome new pastor: Casietta and Amelia, chattering sisters who were members of the Church board; and Rolly, the board's wise old voice of reason.

Series details

• Title: Amen
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1986-09-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-05-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 5388

Cast and credited roles

• Sherman Hemsley — Deacon Ernest Frye
• Anna Maria Horsford — Thelma Frye-Gregory
• Jester Hairston — Rolly Forbes
• Roz Ryan — Amelia Hetebrink
• Clifton Davis — Rev. Reuben Gregory
• Barbara Montgomery — Casietta Hetebrink

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1986-09-27; final listed air date 1987-04-04; episode order: 22.
• Season 2: premiered 1987-10-03; final listed air date 1988-05-07; episode order: 21.
• Season 3: premiered 1988-10-08; final listed air date 1989-04-22; episode order: 22.
• Season 4: premiered 1989-09-23; final listed air date 1990-04-07; episode order: 23.
• Season 5: premiered 1990-11-17; final listed air date 1991-05-11; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Amen on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.