Amos 'n' Andy
Second Honeymoon
TV Flash files “Second Honeymoon” as hour 76 of 78 in the TV Flash guide — Amos 'n' Andy (1951–1953) on CBS, season 4, episode 11, aired 1955-03-30, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E11: listed hour 76 of 78 in the Amos 'n' Andy guide, hour 11 of 13 in season 4. It aired 1955-03-30 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Meal Ticket” (S04E10). Next is “Father by Proxy” (S04E12).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Second Honeymoon sit in the Amos 'n' Andy guide?
S04E11 is listed hour 76 of 78 — hour 11 of 13 in season 4, season 4 episode 11.
When did Amos 'n' Andy S04E11 air?
Second Honeymoon aired 1955-03-30 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with the understanding that you are watching a hit and a protest document at once. Sample the sitcom form, then read it against the NAACP campaign and the later rerun shelving.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Amos 'n' Andy is the sitcom that forces the conversation: a mass hit and a civil-rights flashpoint over stereotypes, later shelved in reruns after NAACP protest. Watch it in 2026 as history, not comfort — a document of who early television allowed to be funny, and who paid the bill for the laugh.
The laugh is already the crime scene. Amos 'n' Andy, CBS 1951–1953, seventy-eight episodes, adapted from Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll's radio series: Alvin Childress as Amos Jones, Spencer Williams as Andrew 'Andy' Hogg Brown, Tim Moore as George 'Kingfish' Stevens, Ernestine Wade as Sapphire Stevens. A mass hit and a civil-rights flashpoint over stereotypes. Hugely popular, deeply fraught. The NAACP campaign and CBS's later shelving of reruns — withdrawn from syndication in 1966 amid civil-rights era…
Filed against
- Alvin Childress as Amos Jones
Alvin Childress played Amos Jones on Amos ’n’ Andy — the sitcom that forces the conversation: a mass 1950s hit and a civil-rights flashpoint over stereotypes, later shelved after NAACP protest. Watch it as history, not comfort. TV Flash…
- Spencer Williams as Andrew 'Andy' Hogg Brown
Spencer Williams played Andrew 'Andy' Hogg Brown on Amos 'n' Andy — a 1950s sitcom that was a mass hit and a civil-rights flashpoint, later shelved after protest. Watch it as history, not comfort. TV Flash files him as a document of who…
- Tim Moore as George 'Kingfish' Stevens
Tim Moore schemed Amos 'n' Andy as George 'Kingfish' Stevens — a 1950s sitcom that was a mass hit and a civil-rights flashpoint, later shelved after protest. Watch it as history, not comfort. TV Flash files him as a document of who early…
- Ernestine Wade as Sapphire Stevens
Ernestine Wade played Sapphire Stevens on Amos 'n' Andy — a mass hit and a civil-rights flashpoint, later shelved in reruns after protest. Watch it in 2026 as history, not comfort: a document of who early television allowed to be funny,…