Evening Shade 1990
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.
- Released: 1990-09-21
- Runtime: 30 minutes
- Genre: Comedy
- Stars: Burt Reynolds, Marilu Henner, Hal Holbrook, Charles Durning, Ann Wedgeworth
- Director: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
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1. Four Naked Women 1993-09-20
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2. One Down, Three to Go 1993-09-27
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3. One Hot Game 1993-10-04
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4. Witness for the Prosecution 1993-10-11
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5. Kiss of the Ice Cream Woman 1993-10-18
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6. Night of the Living Newtons 1993-10-25
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7. The Dance 1993-11-01
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8. Wood and Evan's Excellent Adventure 1993-11-08
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9. Small Town Girl 1993-11-15
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10. Where There's Smoke 1993-11-22
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11. Chain of Fools 1993-11-29
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12. Sleepless in Arkansas 1993-12-13
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13. The Proof is in the Pudding 1993-12-20
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14. The People's Choice 1994-01-03
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15. Educating Calvin 1994-01-10
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16. Paint the Town Nude 1994-01-17
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17. The Perfect Woman 1994-01-31
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18. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Wood 1994-02-07
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19. The Fabulous Frazier Girls 1994-02-28
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20. I Did, I Did 1994-03-07
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21. Mr. Newton Goes to Hot Springs 1994-03-14
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22. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood? 1994-03-28
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23. Wood Climbs to New Heights 1994-04-11
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24. Mama Knows Best 1994-05-09
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25. The Odder Couple 1994-05-16
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26. I Left My Ring in Evening Shade 1994-05-23
