About this season
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.
Episodes (22)
1. Love, Deacon Style
Aired 17 November 1990 • 30 min
On her six-month anniversary, Thelma feels neglected because Reuben is teaching night school.
2. Two Men, One Woman and a Baby
Aired 1 December 1990 • 30 min
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.
3. Child's Play
Aired 8 December 1990 • 30 min
Frye establishes a day care center called ""Deaconland.""
4. Yo, Deak
Aired 15 December 1990 • 30 min
Frye takes in a trouble-prone teen, a would-be rapper dubbed ""Clarence So Fine.""
5. Miracle on 134th Street (1)
Aired 22 December 1990 • 30 min
Frye backs a man claiming to be Santa Claus. (Part 1 of 2)
6. Miracle on 134th Street (2)
Aired 22 December 1990 • 30 min
7. Judge Deacon Frye
Aired 29 December 1990 • 30 min
Newly appointed to the bench, power-drunk Judge Frye aims to throw the book at all who come before him.
8. The Gospel Truth
Aired 5 January 1991 • 30 min
Reuben's visiting niece reveals she's leaving seminary school to become a singer, and Frye enters her in a gospelfest.
9. Lights, Camera, Deacon
Aired 12 January 1991 • 30 min
Frye sees publicity in a televised trial involving writer-comedian Steve Allen in a suit against a fried-chicken mogul.
10. Unforgettable
Aired 19 January 1991 • 30 min
Frye dates a beautiful and much younger environmentalist.
11. Ernie and the Sublimes
Aired 2 February 1991 • 30 min
The deacon reassembles his '50s doo-wop group for a benefit.
12. The Deacon's Slam Dunk
Aired 9 February 1991 • 30 min
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?
13. Three Men and a Hammer
Aired 23 February 1991 • 30 min
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.
14. Nothin' Says Lovin' ...
Aired 2 March 1991 • 30 min
15. My Fair Homeboy
Aired 9 March 1991 • 30 min
16. A Star is Burned
Aired 23 March 1991 • 30 min
Thelma gets her own TV cooking show.
17. Deak-Scam
Aired 30 March 1991 • 30 min
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!
18. The Wild Deak
Aired 6 April 1991 • 30 min
19. Three's a Crowd
Aired 13 April 1991 • 30 min
Deacon Frye dates a teacher Clarence likes, and the 2 begin to bump heads.
20. Date with an Angel
Aired 27 April 1991 • 30 min
At an auction, an insufferable woman wins a date with Frye.
21. Deliverance (1)
Aired 4 May 1991 • 30 min
Frye and Clarence try raising church funds by dating wealthy Darla and her equally unattractive granddaughter Darletta.
22. Deliverance (2)
Aired 11 May 1991 • 30 min
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.