The reason show Amen was cancelled according to Sherman Hemsley

[Wildchats]

227 came on in 1985

Amen came on in 1986


I feel both were because the Jeffersons was cancelled so this gave Marla a shown of her own, then Sherman one of his own.


BOTH shows I am surprised did not last longer.


I read somewhere that in 1990, it came down to renewing just one of them, either 227 or Amen, for one final season, or another season, and they went with Amen and cancelled 227. I think I read it on here somewhere once, back in the early 2000s.



The reason I feel both shows should have stayed...


Just look at what CRAP we got after 1992.


1992 saw the end of The Cosby Show and the Golden Girls. It also saw the end of Cheers, BUT Cheers was a show that was more about adults, and that's the way the network wanted to go. Not that I have anything against "Friends" but it was pure crap to me as it was about adults living together. It didn't feel like a family show as did all the new shows in the 1990s that came out like The Drew Carey Show, Seinfeld, Dharma and Greg, Will And Grace...all these had the same feel....ADULTS who were no Golden Girls or Three's Company. They lacked that magic.


5 seasons a piece is pure garbage. BOTH SHOWS deserved to go on until 1992 or even longer.


We had already lost Diff'rent Strokes 1985 then 12986 on ABC
Gimme A Break in 1987
Silver Spoons in 1987
Punk Brewster in 1988
The Facts Of Life in 1988
Webster in 1989
Small Wonder in 1989
Mr. Belvedere in 1990
Mama's Family in 1990

We were LOSING Family sitcoms. Even if they were on other networks.


Amen and 227 were both family sitcoms and had that feel.


227 could have gone on for a 6th season in 1990-1991 and a 7th in 1991-1992, closing up that year.

Amen could have gone one more season in 1991-1992 and closed up as well at the same time.

Even if they both felt like they were going on too long, I feel they could have at least been cancelled by 1992 the latest, without going beyond that, as Cosby, Golden Girls and Cheers all ended in 1992. They could have just cancelled all of them that year.

By 1992, the networked SUCKED


What would we have gotten?


227 going on 2 more seasons could have for sure ended with Brenda and Calvin getting married. I feel if it went on longer that would have happened eventually. Or she would have became pregnant and gotten married and had a baby by the end. They would have had to explain Rose's husband not being there anymore as the actor passed away in 1991.

Amen goig on one more season would have focused on Thelma and her husband as parents and Ernie as a grandfather, no doubt.

[TVFactFan]

I wasnt a fan of 227 since it was geared toward women

[Sonny Carson]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

I wasnt a fan of 227 since it was geared toward women

It really wasn’t a lol funny show like Amen either!

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Sonny Carson

It really wasn’t a lol funny show like Amen either!

A woman was the lead character with several female characters and that means most the viewers were women

[Sonny Carson]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

A woman was the lead character with several female characters and that means most the viewers were women

Yes that is true!

[biffbronson]

I definitely remember watching Amen back then, but my memories of 227 are pretty vague. I thought they were both good vehicles for the lead actors.

Things were really different back then, even though my brother had a Sony Betamax VCR and I could have recorded stuff (on a smaller TV, another room) that was on for example ABC while watching a CBS show, I was spending my money on comics rather than Beta tapes.

Also in '85 to mid '87 I was still in school and not watching as much primetime TV, then worked a lot of 2nd shifts from '88 to '92 or so.

[BestTVever]

Both shows were running dry when they were cancelled. A-men was really good its first two seasons then it was not good anymore.
227 was over all a better show IMHO but ran its course too.

[Sonny Carson]

Originally Posted by BestTVever

Both shows were running dry when they were cancelled. A-men was really good its first two seasons then it was not good anymore.
227 was over all a better show IMHO but ran its course too.

I don’t agree, 227 only had two really funny character’s to me, ‘Pearl’ and ‘Sandra’. There’s too much corniness on ‘227’ for me. ‘Amen’ had the funnier and more talented cast. ‘Rolly’ was one of the funniest people on television in those days. Amen did start to slack off in the last season with sorry ‘Clarence’ joining the show, but it was still a solid show. ‘227’ started to slack off when Countess Vaughn joined the show during season 4. It was a bad show during the last season!