Evening Shade
Evening Shade
A Comedy series first aired in 1990, Evening Shade has 4 seasons with 100 episodes. Episodes run about 30m. Soap2Day lists it with Burt Reynolds and Marilu Henner in the cast. It holds 5.8/10 from 15 votes. 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.
- Genre: Comedy
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- Director: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
- Cast: Burt Reynolds, Marilu Henner, Hal Holbrook, Charles Durning, Ann Wedgeworth, Michael Jeter, Jay R. Ferguson, Ossie Davis, Candace Hutson, Elizabeth Ashley, Jacob Parker
