Evening Shade
TV Show| Title | Evening Shade |
| User score | 5.6 |
| Release date | Sep 21, 1990 |
| Release date of last episode | May 23, 1994 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Director | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason |
| Production country | US |
| Production companies | Mozark Productions, Burt Reynolds Productions, MTM Enterprises |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 4 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 100 |
| Run time | 30 min. |
Evening Shade is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from 1990 to 1994. The series stars Burt Reynolds as Wood Newton, an ex-professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who returns to rural Evening Shade, Arkansas to coach a high school football team with a long losing streak. Reynolds personally requested to use the Steelers as his former team because he is a fan. The general theme of the show is the appeal of small town life. Episodes ended with a closing narration by Ossie Davis summing up the events of the episode, always closing with "... in a place called Evening Shade." The show's final episode saw the guest appearances of Willie Nelson and Buzz Aldrin as escaped convicts on the run from authorities, the final scene being a spectacular shoot-out reminiscent of the final scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The opening segment included clips from around Arkansas, including the famous McClard's Bar-be-que, which is situated on Albert Pike Blvd. and South Patterson St. in Hot Springs National Park.
Latest episodes
List of episodesS4.E26 ∙ I Left My Ring in Evening Shade
May 23, 1994
S4.E25 ∙ The Odder Couple
May 16, 1994
S4.E24 ∙ Mama Knows Best
May 9, 1994
S4.E23 ∙ Wood Climbs to New Heights
Apr 11, 1994
S4.E22 ∙ Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood?
Mar 28, 1994
S4.E21 ∙ Mr. Newton Goes to Hot Springs
Mar 14, 1994
S4.E20 ∙ I Did, I Did
Mar 7, 1994
S4.E19 ∙ The Fabulous Frazier Girls
Feb 28, 1994
S4.E18 ∙ It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Wood
Feb 7, 1994
S4.E17 ∙ The Perfect Woman
Jan 31, 1994
S4.E16 ∙ Paint the Town Nude
Jan 17, 1994
S4.E15 ∙ Educating Calvin
Jan 10, 1994
S4.E14 ∙ The People's Choice
Jan 3, 1994
S4.E13 ∙ The Proof is in the Pudding
Dec 20, 1993
S4.E12 ∙ Sleepless in Arkansas
Dec 13, 1993
S4.E11 ∙ Chain of Fools
Nov 29, 1993
S4.E10 ∙ Where There's Smoke
Nov 22, 1993
S4.E9 ∙ Small Town Girl
Nov 15, 1993
S4.E8 ∙ Wood and Evan's Excellent Adventure
Nov 8, 1993
S4.E7 ∙ The Dance
Nov 1, 1993
Actors
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Burt Reynolds
Wood Newton
Marilu Henner
Ava Evans Newton
Hal Holbrook
Evan Evans
Charles Durning
Harlan Elldridge
Ann Wedgeworth
Merleen Elldridge
Michael Jeter
Herman Stiles
Jay R. Ferguson
Taylor Newton
Ossie Davis
Ponder Blue
Elizabeth Ashley
Freida Evans
Jacob Parker
Will Newton
Candace Hutson
Molly Newton
Melissa Reneé Martin
Molly Newton
