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List Of Amen Episodes
The following is a list of episodes of the American sitcom ''Amen'', which aired from September 27, 1986, until May 11, 1991, on NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's .... 110 episodes have aired over five seasons. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1986–87) Season 2 (1987–88) Season 3 (1988–89) Season 4 (1989–90) Season 5 (1990–91) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amen episodes Lists of American sitcom episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amen (TV Series)
''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''. Premise The series revolves around Ernest Frye, a widower deacon of the First Community Church of Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ..., who also works as a lawyer. He is often dishonest and frequently gets into trouble with his many harebrained schemes. Frye has a single daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Foster (director)
Billy Ray "Bill" Foster (April 7, 1932 – February 2, 2011) was an American television director known for his work with sitcoms A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home .... His credits, which spanned more than fifty years and encompassed hundreds of hours, included episodes of ''Full House'', ''Sanford and Son'', ''Amen (TV series), Amen'', ''Marblehead Manor'' and ''You Again?''. Foster directed the 1967 pilot episode of ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'', which earned him the only Emmy nomination of his career. Foster went on to direct the television broadcasts of the 23rd Primetime Emmy Awards, 23rd and 24th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1971 and 1972 respectively. He also directed the AFI Life Achievement Award, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney in 1974, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffersons
''The Jeffersons'' is an American sitcom television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, to July 2, 1985. Lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes, ''The Jeffersons'' is one of the longest-running sitcoms in history. Premise The show focuses on George and Louise Jefferson, a prosperous black couple who have been able to move from Queens to Manhattan owing to the success of George's dry-cleaning chain, Jefferson Cleaners. The show was launched as the second (and longest running) spin-off of ''All in the Family'' (after '' Maude''), on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of Archie and Edith Bunker. The show was the creation of Norman Lear. ''The Jeffersons'' eventually evolved into more of a traditional sitcom, but episodes occasionally focused on serious issues such as alcoholism, racism, suicide, gun control, being transgender, the KKK, and adult illiteracy. The epithets ''nigger'' and ''honky'' were used occasionally, especially during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlinda Tolbert
Berlinda Tolbert (born November 4, 1949) is an American film and television actress. Tolbert is best known for her role as Jenny Willis Jefferson, the daughter of Tom and Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom ''The Jeffersons'', which originally aired from 1975 until 1985. Early life and education Tolbert majored in theater at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. She also studied drama in London. Career In a 2013 interview, Tolbert stated, "I've only had one job in my entire life... professional actress." She got her first film part from Martin Scorsese in ''Mean Streets'' in 1973, when she was in acting school. ''The Jeffersons'' On ''The Jeffersons'', Tolbert played Jenny, the daughter of interracial couple Tom and Helen Willis. Jenny had become engaged to Lionel Jefferson, the son of George and Louise, when they were still characters on Norman Lear's "All In The Family". They married and had a daughter. Tolbert played the role of Jenny for the ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Julian
Arthur Julian (March 7, 1923 – January 30, 1995) was an American actor, producer and television writer. Some of Julian's production credits include the television program, television shows ''Vacation Playhouse'', ''Gimme a Break!'', and ''Amen (TV series), Amen''. Julian also served on the writing staff of the television shows ''Meet Millie'', ''F Troop'', ''Bewitched'', ''Hogan's Heroes'', and ''The Doris Day Show''. Filmography * ''How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'' (1965) (Dr. Melamed) * ''Bewitched'' (1966-1968; 5 episodes) * ''F Troop'' (episode 2.15: "Survival of the Fittest", December 15, 1966) (The Undertaker) * ''The Flying Nun'' (episode 1.11: "It's an Ill Wind", November 16, 1967) (Moon) * ''That Girl'' (1968-1969; 4 episodes) Producer * ''Vacation Playhouse'' (1963-1966) * ''Love Thy Neighbor'' (1973) * ''Gimme a Break!'' (1983-1987; 96 episodes) * ''Amen (TV series), Amen'' (1987-1990; 65 episodes) Writer * ''Meet Millie'' (1952-1956; 10 episodes) * ''Ford Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Chitlik
Paul Chitlik is an American screenwriter, author, television, producer, and director. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Early life He wrote and directed his first play when he was eleven. He moved with his family to Long Beach, California, when he was thirteen. Though he felt out of place for most of the first year in Long Beach, he eventually became student body president of his high school, claiming he ran because one of the perks of office was to crown and kiss the homecoming queen. During the 1960s, Chitlik attended the University of California, Berkeley, as an undergraduate. As a junior, he spent a year at the University of Madrid under the auspices of the UC Education Abroad Program. After graduating, he entered the PhD program in comparative literature at UCSD, then transferred to UC, Berkeley, once again. He returned to Spain after a year where he lived and worked in Madrid. It was there that he also published his first work in any language - a Spanish poem. After a year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Today
''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in New York City. Its newspaper is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. The paper's dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional, and national newspapers worldwide through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features. As of 2023, ''USA Today'' has the fifth largest print circulation in the United States, with 132,640 print subscribers. It has two million digital subscribers, the fourth-largest online circulation of any U.S. newspaper. ''USA Today'' is distributed in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and an international edition is distributed in Asia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Peterman
Steven Peterman is an American television producer, screenwriter, and actor. His credits include '' Benson'', ''Square Pegs'', ''Family Ties'', ''Murphy Brown'', ''Suddenly Susan'', ''Becker'', the second season of '' W.I.T.C.H.'' and ''Hannah Montana''. He is an Emmy winner in the category of Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It recognizes writing excellence in regular comedic series, most of which can generally be described as situat ... for the ''Murphy Brown'' episode "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way". Filmography References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Primetime Emmy Award winners American women television writers American television writers Circle in the Square Theatre School alumni Place of birth missing (living people) American male t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Dontzig
Gary Dontzig is an American television producer, screenwriter, and actor. He worked as a writer/producer for television programs including ''Murphy Brown'', '' Suddenly Susan'' and '' Becker''. He and his writing partner Steven Peterman wrote for the second season of '' W.I.T.C.H.'' who were hired by their long time friend and neighbor, Greg Weisman. Dontzig won two Primetime Emmy Awards The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Owned and operated by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the P ... and three nominations in the categories Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series from 1991 to 1993. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American television writers American television producers American male television actors Primetime Emmy Award winners 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Duke
William Henry Duke Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor, director, and producer. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke works primarily in the action and crime drama genres often as a character related to law enforcement. As a director, he is known for his works dealing in the Black American experience, and has been called the "Godfather of African American Cinema." Duke began his career as a theatre actor, before making his film debut as aspiring revolutionary Abdullah Mohammed Akbar in the ensemble comedy Car Wash (film), ''Car Wash'' (1976). Frequently a character actor, he has starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in ''Commando (1985 film), Commando'' (1985) and ''Predator (film), Predator'' (1987), and has appeared in films like ''American Gigolo'' (1980), ''Bird on a Wire (film), Bird on a Wire'' (1990), ''Menace II Society'' (1993), ''Payback (1999 film), Payback'' (1999), ''X-Men: The Last Stand'' (2006), and ''Mandy (2018 film), Mandy'' (2018). In tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiya Williams
Maiya Williams (born December 18, 1962) is an American author, television producer, and screenwriter. Early life and education Williams was born in Corvallis, Oregon, the daughter of notable forester Carroll B. Williams, Jr. Williams grew up in New Haven, Connecticut and Berkeley, California. She attended Berkeley High School, and graduated from Harvard College in 1984 where she was editor and vice president of ''The Harvard Lampoon.'' She was the first African American woman elected to the magazine and the first African American to serve as an officer. In 2024, she received a Masters in African American Studies from University of California, Los Angeles and is pursuing a PhD in U.S. History. Career Williams has written and produced various television series including '' Roc'', ''Amen'', ''The Fresh Prince of Bel Air'', ''The Wayans Bros.'', ''MAD TV'', ''Rugrats'', ''Futurama'' and ''The Haunted Hathaways''.She was a co-executive producer on ''The Last O.G.'' In 2004, Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's My Mama
''That's My Mama'' is an American television sitcom that was the first series to be produced by Columbia Pictures Television and originally broadcast for 39 episodes on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 4, 1974, to December 24, 1975. ''That's My Mama'' was never a ratings success, having always been beaten by NBC's ''Little House on the Prairie (TV series), Little House on the Prairie'' among other competing programs, and was not among the 30 most-watched U.S. programs in the Nielsen ratings for either the 1974–1975 or 1975–1976 television seasons. As a result, the series ended on Christmas Eve 1975. Synopsis Set in a middle-class African American neighborhood in Washington, D.C., the program revolved around the character Clifton Curtis (played by Clifton Davis), a man in his mid-20s who worked as a barber at Oscar's Barber Shop, the family barber shop he had inherited from his late father. While Clifton enjoyed being a bachelor, his loving, but tart-tongued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
