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Evening Shade( 1990)

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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.

  1. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Burt Reynolds

    Wood Newton

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    Marilu Henner

    Ava Evans Newton

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    Hal Holbrook

    Evan Evans

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    Charles Durning

    Harlan Elldridge

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    Ann Wedgeworth

    Merleen Elldridge

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    Michael Jeter

    Herman Stiles

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    Jay R. Ferguson

    Taylor Newton

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    Ossie Davis

    Ponder Blue

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    Candace Hutson

    Molly Newton

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    Elizabeth Ashley

    Freida Evans

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    Jacob Parker

    Will Newton

Current Season

Season 4

1993 | 26 Episodes

Season 4 of Evening Shade premiered on Sep 20 1993

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Facts

Status

Ended

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Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • american football
  • small town
  • arkansas
  • american football coach
  • high school
  • high school sports
  • sitcom