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Evening Shade
YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND LAUGHTER... IN A PLACE CALLED 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.
- Status
- Ended
- Type
- Scripted
- Last aired
- 1994-05-23
- Language
- English
CBS
- american football
- small town
- arkansas
- american football coach
- high school
- high school sports
- sitcom
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Air dates
- First aired
- 1990-09-21
- Latest episode
- 1994-05-23
- Status
- Ended
- Next release
- Completed
- Season 121 Sept 1990
- Season 216 Sept 1991
- Season 321 Sept 1992
- Season 420 Sept 1993
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