Amen (TV series)

Amen
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ed. Weinberger
Starring	Sherman Hemsley Clifton Davis Anna Maria Horsford Roz Ryan Jester Hairston Barbara Montgomery (1986–90) Rosetta LeNoire (1987–89) Elsa Raven (1988–90) Tony T. Johnson (1988–91) Montrose Hagins (1989–91) Bumper Robinson (1990–91)
Theme music composer	Andraé Crouch
Opening theme	"Shine on Me" by Vanessa Bell Armstrong
Composer	Bruce Miller
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	110 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	James R. Stein Bob Illes David Lloyd Arthur Julian Ed. Weinberger
Producers	Jim Geoghan Marilynn Loncar Peter Noah Bob Peete
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	24 minutes
Production companies	Carson Productions Stein & Illes Productions (season 5)
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27) – May 11, 1991 (1991-05-11)
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Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that aired on NBC from September 27, 1986, to May 11, 1991. 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 and early 1990s that featured predominantly black casts – others included The Cosby Show, A Different World, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and 227.^[1]