TV series
Evening Shade
1990–1994 · 4 seasons
A gentle, good-natured sitcom that ambles through small-town life with easy humor and a warm sense of community.
- Created by
- Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Burt Reynolds, Marilu Henner, Hal Holbrook
- Tagline
- 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.
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- Created by
- Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Burt Reynolds, Marilu Henner, Hal Holbrook
