CBS • 1990–1994·Comedy
Evening Shade
YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND LAUGHTER... IN A PLACE CALLED EVENING SHADE!
Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
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Overview
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.
Seasons & Episodes
24 episodes • 1990
A Day in the Life of Wood Newton
30m · 1990-09-21
There Once Was A Boy Named Wood
30m · 1990-09-28
Whatever Happened to Clutch Newton?
30m · 1990-10-05
Sadie Hawkins Dance
30m · 1990-10-16
Fast Women
30m · 1990-10-29
The Moustache Show
30m · 1990-10-02
All for Charity
30m · 1990-11-09
Something to Hold Onto
30m · 1990-11-19
Mr. Mom
30m · 1990-11-26
Hooray for Wood
30m · 1990-12-10
The Wood Who Stole Christmas
30m · 1990-12-17
Wood and Ava and Gil and Madeline
30m · 1991-01-07
Wood's Thirtieth Reunion
30m · 1991-01-21
Vote Early and Vote Often
30m · 1991-01-28
Chip Off the Old Brick
30m · 1991-02-04
The Trials of Wood Newton
30m · 1991-02-11
Into the Woods
30m · 1991-02-18
Nothing to Fear But Harvey Lujack
30m · 1991-02-21
Gambler Anonymous
30m · 1991-03-04
Sex Education
30m · 1991-03-24
I am Wood, Hear Me Roar
30m · 1991-04-01
Herman and Margaret Sitting in a Tree
30m · 1991-04-08
Far from the Madden Crowd
30m · 1991-04-29
The Baby Show
30m · 1991-05-06
25 episodes • 1991
25 episodes • 1992
26 episodes • 1993
Cast
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
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