Evening Shade

Evening Shade

1990
30m
5.8

5.8/10

15 votes • View on IMDb

"YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND LAUGHTER... IN A PLACE CALLED EVENING SHADE!"

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.

Status: Ended

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Mozark Productions Burt Reynolds Productions MTM Enterprises
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date September 21, 1990
Status Ended
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0098790

Cast

Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds

Wood Newton

Marilu Henner
Marilu Henner

Ava Evans Newton

Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook

Evan Evans

Charles Durning
Charles Durning

Harlan Elldridge

Ann Wedgeworth
Ann Wedgeworth

Merleen Elldridge

Michael Jeter
Michael Jeter

Herman Stiles

Jay R. Ferguson
Jay R. Ferguson

Taylor Newton

Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis

Ponder Blue

Candace Hutson
Candace Hutson

Molly Newton

Elizabeth Ashley
Elizabeth Ashley

Freida Evans

Jacob Parker
Jacob Parker

Will Newton

Key Crew

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Producer