Evening Shade (1990)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Burt Reynolds
Wood Newton / Director
Marilu Henner
Ava Evans Newton
Hal Holbrook
Evan Evans
Charles Durning
Harlan Elldridge
Ann Wedgeworth
Merleen Elldridge
Michael Jeter
Herman Stiles
Jay R. Ferguson
Taylor Newton
Ossie Davis
Ponder Blue
Candace Hutson
Molly Newton
Elizabeth Ashley
Freida Evans
Jacob Parker
Will Newton
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Creator / Producer / Writer
Melissa Reneé Martin
Molly Newton
James Hampton
Director
Harry Thomason
Director
David Steinberg
Director
Robby Benson
Director
Charles Frank
Director
Frank Bonner
Director
John Ratzenberger
Director
Dennis Erdman
Director
Kim Friese
Writer
Brent Briscoe
Writer
Michael Ross
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 21, 1990
StatusEnded
Seasons4
Episodes100
Running Time30m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Evening Shade is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 21, 1990, to May 23, 1994. The series stars Burt Reynolds as Woodrow "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 character's former team because he was a fan.
The general theme of the show is the appeal of small-town life. Episodes often ended with a closing narration by Ossie Davis, as his character Ponder Blue, summing up the events of the episode, always closing with "... in a place called Evening Shade." The opening segment included clips from around Arkansas, including the famous McClard's Bar-B-Q in Hot Springs National Park.