Evening Shade

Sep 21, 1990 (en) Comedy [30] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 21, 1990
  • Production
    Mozark Productions, Burt Reynolds Productions, MTM Enterprises
  • Rotten tomato
    56%
  • Original title
    Evening Shade
  • Release
    Sep 21, 1990
  • en
    -

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. Music Supervisor

  2. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Burt Reynolds

    Wood Newton

  2. Marilu Henner

    Ava Evans Newton

  3. Hal Holbrook

    Evan Evans

  4. Charles Durning

    Harlan Elldridge

  5. Ann Wedgeworth

    Merleen Elldridge

  6. Michael Jeter

    Herman Stiles

  7. Jay R. Ferguson

    Taylor Newton

  8. Ossie Davis

    Ponder Blue

  9. Candace Hutson

    Molly Newton

  10. Elizabeth Ashley

    Freida Evans

  11. Jacob Parker

    Will Newton

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 11 / Crews : 1

Season 1 ( 1990-09-21)

A Day in the Life of Wood Newton

Episode: 1

There Once Was A Boy Named Wood

Episode: 2

Whatever Happened to Clutch Newton?

Episode: 3

Sadie Hawkins Dance

Episode: 4

Fast Women

Episode: 5

The Moustache Show

Episode: 6

All for Charity

Episode: 7

Something to Hold Onto

Episode: 8

Mr. Mom

Episode: 9

Hooray for Wood

Episode: 10

The Wood Who Stole Christmas

Episode: 11

Wood and Ava and Gil and Madeline

Episode: 12

Wood's Thirtieth Reunion

Episode: 13

Vote Early and Vote Often

Episode: 14

Chip Off the Old Brick

Episode: 15

The Trials of Wood Newton

Episode: 16

Into the Woods

Episode: 17

Nothing to Fear But Harvey Lujack

Episode: 18

Gambler Anonymous

Episode: 19

Sex Education

Episode: 20

I am Wood, Hear Me Roar

Episode: 21

Herman and Margaret Sitting in a Tree

Episode: 22

Far from the Madden Crowd

Episode: 23

The Baby Show

Episode: 24

Season 2 ( 1991-09-16)

Three Naked Men (Part 1)

Episode: 1

Three Naked Men (Part 2)

Episode: 2

I'm With Stupid

Episode: 3

Tying the Knot

Episode: 4

Miss Emily's Wild Ride

Episode: 5

The Road Trip

Episode: 6

Winning Isn't Everything

Episode: 7

Where's My Watch?

Episode: 8

I Do, I Don't

Episode: 9

The Thanksgiving Show

Episode: 10

Busted

Episode: 11

Rear Window

Episode: 12

The Getaway

Episode: 13

Herman In Charge

Episode: 14

The Au Pair Affair

Episode: 15

Goin' To the Chapel (Part 1)

Episode: 16

Goin' To the Chapel (Part 2)

Episode: 17

Goin' to the Chapel (Part 3)

Episode: 18

Play Herman For Me

Episode: 19

Callous Hearts of Rage

Episode: 20

Taylor Buys A Car

Episode: 21

Hasta la vista, Baby

Episode: 22

Cousin Readith

Episode: 23

No Pain, No Gain

Episode: 24

The Perfect Birthday Party, Sort Of

Episode: 25

Season 3 ( 1992-09-21)

First Heroes

Episode: 1

The Diary of Molly Newton

Episode: 2

You Scratch My Back, I'll Arrest You

Episode: 3

What A Night

Episode: 4

Father-Child Campout

Episode: 5

The Hole Story

Episode: 6

Harlan Deals A Meal

Episode: 7

The Resurrection of Wood Newton

Episode: 8

The NFL on CBS

Episode: 9

The Really Odd Couple

Episode: 10

Carl the Mule

Episode: 11

I'll Be Home For Christmas

Episode: 12

Freida and the Preacher

Episode: 13

Private School

Episode: 14

Ava Takes a Shower (1)

Episode: 15

Ava Takes a Shower (2)

Episode: 16

They Can't Take That Away From Me (1)

Episode: 17

They Can't Take That Away from Me (2)

Episode: 18

She What?!

Episode: 19

Another Baby Shower

Episode: 20

Cousins Behind Bars

Episode: 21

Mommy Goes AWOL

Episode: 22

Teaching Is A Good Thing

Episode: 23

Saint Bobby

Episode: 24

The Graduation

Episode: 25

Season 4 ( 1993-09-20)

Four Naked Women

Episode: 1

One Down, Three to Go

Episode: 2

One Hot Game

Episode: 3

Witness for the Prosecution

Episode: 4

Kiss of the Ice Cream Woman

Episode: 5

Night of the Living Newtons

Episode: 6

The Dance

Episode: 7

Wood and Evan's Excellent Adventure

Episode: 8

Small Town Girl

Episode: 9

Where There's Smoke

Episode: 10

Chain of Fools

Episode: 11

Sleepless in Arkansas

Episode: 12

The Proof is in the Pudding

Episode: 13

The People's Choice

Episode: 14

Educating Calvin

Episode: 15

Paint the Town Nude

Episode: 16

The Perfect Woman

Episode: 17

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Wood

Episode: 18

The Fabulous Frazier Girls

Episode: 19

I Did, I Did

Episode: 20

Mr. Newton Goes to Hot Springs

Episode: 21

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood?

Episode: 22

Wood Climbs to New Heights

Episode: 23

Mama Knows Best

Episode: 24

The Odder Couple

Episode: 25

I Left My Ring in Evening Shade

Episode: 26
Sep 21, 1990 (en)
Comedy
[30] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 21, 1990
  • Production
    Mozark Productions, Burt Reynolds Productions, MTM Enterprises
  • Rotten tomato 56%
Original Title Evening Shade
en

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. Music Supervisor

  2. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

    Producer