Evening Shade (1990)

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.

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    A day in the life of wood newton

  • 1x2

    There once was a boy named wood

  • 1x3

    Whatever happened to clutch newton?

  • 1x4

    Sadie hawkins dance

  • 1x5

    Fast women

  • 1x6

    The moustache show

  • 1x7

    All for charity

  • 1x8

    Something to hold onto

  • 1x9

    Mr. mom

  • 1x10

    Hooray for wood

  • 1x11

    The wood who stole christmas

  • 1x12

    Wood and ava and gil and madeline

  • 1x13

    Wood's thirtieth reunion

  • 1x14

    Vote early and vote often

  • 1x15

    Chip off the old brick

  • 1x16

    The trials of wood newton

  • 1x17

    Into the woods

  • 1x18

    Nothing to fear but harvey lujack

  • 1x19

    Gambler anonymous

  • 1x20

    Sex education

  • 1x21

    I am wood, hear me roar

  • 1x22

    Herman and margaret sitting in a tree

  • 1x23

    Far from the madden crowd

  • 1x24

    The baby show

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Three naked men (part 1)

  • 2x2

    Three naked men (part 2)

  • 2x3

    I'm with stupid

  • 2x4

    Tying the knot

  • 2x5

    Miss emily's wild ride

  • 2x6

    The road trip

  • 2x7

    Winning isn't everything

  • 2x8

    Where's my watch?

  • 2x9

    I do, i don't

  • 2x10

    The thanksgiving show

  • 2x11

    Busted

  • 2x12

    Rear window

  • 2x13

    The getaway

  • 2x14

    Herman in charge

  • 2x15

    The au pair affair

  • 2x16

    Goin' to the chapel (part 1)

  • 2x17

    Goin' to the chapel (part 2)

  • 2x18

    Goin' to the chapel (part 3)

  • 2x19

    Play herman for me

  • 2x20

    Callous hearts of rage

  • 2x21

    Taylor buys a car

  • 2x22

    Hasta la vista, baby

  • 2x23

    Cousin readith

  • 2x24

    No pain, no gain

  • 2x25

    The perfect birthday party, sort of

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    First heroes

  • 3x2

    The diary of molly newton

  • 3x3

    You scratch my back, i'll arrest you

  • 3x4

    What a night

  • 3x5

    Father-child campout

  • 3x6

    The hole story

  • 3x7

    Harlan deals a meal

  • 3x8

    The resurrection of wood newton

  • 3x9

    The nfl on cbs

  • 3x10

    The really odd couple

  • 3x11

    Carl the mule

  • 3x12

    I'll be home for christmas

  • 3x13

    Freida and the preacher

  • 3x14

    Private school

  • 3x15

    Ava takes a shower (1)

  • 3x16

    Ava takes a shower (2)

  • 3x17

    They can't take that away from me (1)

  • 3x18

    They can't take that away from me (2)

  • 3x19

    She what?!

  • 3x20

    Another baby shower

  • 3x21

    Cousins behind bars

  • 3x22

    Mommy goes awol

  • 3x23

    Teaching is a good thing

  • 3x24

    Saint bobby

  • 3x25

    The graduation

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    Four naked women

  • 4x2

    One down, three to go

  • 4x3

    One hot game

  • 4x4

    Witness for the prosecution

  • 4x5

    Kiss of the ice cream woman

  • 4x6

    Night of the living newtons

  • 4x7

    The dance

  • 4x8

    Wood and evan's excellent adventure

  • 4x9

    Small town girl

  • 4x10

    Where there's smoke

  • 4x11

    Chain of fools

  • 4x12

    Sleepless in arkansas

  • 4x13

    The proof is in the pudding

  • 4x14

    The people's choice

  • 4x15

    Educating calvin

  • 4x16

    Paint the town nude

  • 4x17

    The perfect woman

  • 4x18

    It's a mad, mad, mad wood

  • 4x19

    The fabulous frazier girls

  • 4x20

    I did, i did

  • 4x21

    Mr. newton goes to hot springs

  • 4x22

    Who's afraid of the big bad wood?

  • 4x23

    Wood climbs to new heights

  • 4x24

    Mama knows best

  • 4x25

    The odder couple

  • 4x26

    I left my ring in evening shade

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