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Evening Shade

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

1990 · 4 seasons · 100 episodes

Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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Synopsis

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.

About 50h to watch every episode. An estimate: 100 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

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Main cast

  • Burt Reynolds
    Wood Newton
    100 episodes

  • Marilu Henner
    Ava Evans Newton
    100 episodes

  • Hal Holbrook
    Evan Evans
    100 episodes

  • Charles Durning
    Harlan Elldridge
    100 episodes

  • Ann Wedgeworth
    Merleen Elldridge
    100 episodes

  • Michael Jeter
    Herman Stiles
    100 episodes

  • Jay R. Ferguson
    Taylor Newton
    100 episodes

  • Ossie Davis
    Ponder Blue
    100 episodes

  • Elizabeth Ashley
    Freida Evans
    100 episodes

  • Jacob Parker
    Will Newton
    100 episodes

  • Candace Hutson
    Molly Newton
    76 episodes

  • Melissa Reneé Martin
    Molly Newton
    24 episodes

  • Alice Ghostley
    6 episodes

  • Bobbie Ferguson
    2 episodes

  • Charles Nelson Reilly
    1 episode

  • Doug McClure
    1 episode

  • Christian Hoff
    1 episode

  • Rick Hurst
    1 episode

Seasons