Evening Shade
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.
Top 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
Candace Hutson
Molly Newton
Elizabeth Ashley
Freida Evans
Episodes
A Day in the Life of Wood Newton
Sep 21, 1990
There Once Was A Boy Named Wood
Sep 28, 1990
Whatever Happened to Clutch Newton?
Oct 05, 1990
Sadie Hawkins Dance
Oct 16, 1990
Fast Women
Oct 29, 1990
The Moustache Show
Oct 02, 1990
All for Charity
Nov 09, 1990
Something to Hold Onto
Nov 19, 1990
Mr. Mom
Nov 26, 1990
Hooray for Wood
Dec 10, 1990
The Wood Who Stole Christmas
Dec 17, 1990
Wood and Ava and Gil and Madeline
Jan 07, 1991
Wood's Thirtieth Reunion
Jan 21, 1991
Vote Early and Vote Often
Jan 28, 1991
Chip Off the Old Brick
Feb 04, 1991
The Trials of Wood Newton
Feb 11, 1991
Into the Woods
Feb 18, 1991
Nothing to Fear But Harvey Lujack
Feb 21, 1991
Gambler Anonymous
Mar 04, 1991
Sex Education
Mar 24, 1991
I am Wood, Hear Me Roar
Apr 01, 1991
Herman and Margaret Sitting in a Tree
Apr 08, 1991
Far from the Madden Crowd
Apr 29, 1991
The Baby Show
May 06, 1991
