About Evening Shade
- Released on September 21, 1990
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.
Main Cast of Evening Shade
Burt Reynolds plays Wood Newton (100 episodes)
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Michael Jeter plays Herman Stiles (100 episodes)
Jay R. Ferguson plays Taylor Newton (100 episodes)
Ossie Davis plays Ponder Blue (100 episodes)
Candace Hutson plays Molly Newton (76 episodes)
Elizabeth Ashley plays Freida Evans (100 episodes)
Jacob Parker plays Will Newton (100 episodes)
Secondary Cast of Evening Shade
Melissa Reneé Martin plays Molly Newton (24 episodes)
Charles Nelson Reilly
Doug McClure
Alice Ghostley
Christian Hoff
Rick Hurst
Fred Applegate
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