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.
Cast & Crew
Evening Shade FAQs
The cast of Evening Shade includes Burt Reynolds as Wood Newton, Charles Durning as Harlan Elldridge, Ossie Davis as Ponder Blue, Marilu Henner as Ava Evans Newton, Hal Holbrook as Evan Evans, Ann Wedgeworth as Merleen Elldridge, Michael Jeter as Herman Stiles, Jay R. Ferguson as Taylor Newton, Candace Hutson as Molly Newton, Elizabeth Ashley as Freida Evans, and Jacob Parker as Will Newton.
Episodes run about 30 mins. The total runtime is about 50h 0 mins.
Evening Shade was released in 1990.
Evening Shade is listed under Comedy on Fanbiz.
Evening Shade has 4 seasons and 100 episodes on Fanbiz. Available seasons include Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, and Season 4.
