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Evening Shade

YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND LAUGHTER... IN A PLACE CALLED 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.

  • Status: Ended
  • Original Language: en
  • In Production: No
  • Number of Seasons: 4
  • Number of Episodes: 100
  • First Air Date: 1990-09-21

Seasons

Season 1 Poster

Season 1: Season 1

Air Date: 1990-09-21

Episode Count: 24

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Season 2 Poster

Season 2: Season 2

Air Date: 1991-09-16

Episode Count: 25

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Season 3 Poster

Season 3: Season 3

Air Date: 1992-09-21

Episode Count: 25

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Season 4: Season 4

Air Date: 1993-09-20

Episode Count: 26

No overview available.