TV series

Amen

1986–1991 · 5 seasons

A warm, lively sitcom full of church-hall banter and gentle scheming, easy to dip into and consistently good-natured.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Warm, light, satirical and earnest. Brisk and fine in the background.
About: Family, faith, love, friendship
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
faith
love
friendship
class
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild