Evening Shade
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.
Evening Shade — Season 1 Episode 1
Episode 1
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A Day in the Life of Wood Newton
30 min
Episode 2
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There Once Was A Boy Named Wood
30 min
Episode 3
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Whatever Happened to Clutch Newton?
30 min
Episode 4
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Sadie Hawkins Dance
30 min
Episode 5
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Fast Women
30 min
Episode 6
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The Moustache Show
30 min
Episode 7
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All for Charity
30 min
Episode 8
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Something to Hold Onto
30 min
Episode 9
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Mr. Mom
30 min
Episode 10
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Hooray for Wood
30 min
Episode 11
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The Wood Who Stole Christmas
30 min
Episode 12
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Wood and Ava and Gil and Madeline
30 min
Episode 13
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Wood's Thirtieth Reunion
30 min
Episode 14
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Vote Early and Vote Often
30 min
Episode 15
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Chip Off the Old Brick
30 min
Episode 16
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The Trials of Wood Newton
30 min
Episode 17
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Into the Woods
30 min
Episode 18
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Nothing to Fear But Harvey Lujack
30 min
Episode 19
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Gambler Anonymous
30 min
Episode 20
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Sex Education
30 min
Episode 21
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I am Wood, Hear Me Roar
30 min
Episode 22
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Herman and Margaret Sitting in a Tree
30 min
Episode 23
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Far from the Madden Crowd
30 min
Episode 24
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The Baby Show
30 min
Cast
Burt Reynolds
Wood Newton
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
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