Evening Shade (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
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2x01 Three Naked Men (1)
16 September, 1991 8:00 am
War breaks out between the women and the men on a segregated camping expedition after Wood scares the girls with his bear costume and gets whacked with a shovel, and culminates with the women abandoning the men during their ritual skinny-dipping.
2x02 Three Naked Men (2)
23 September, 1991 8:00 am
The women begin to feel guilty about having abandoned the men naked in the woods.
2x03 I'm With Stupid
30 September, 1991 8:00 am
Molly caves in under pressure from her boyfriend and agrees to take part in a beauty contest.
2x04 Tying the Knot
07 October, 1991 8:00 am
Wood accompanies Will to the hospital when the boy needs a tonsillectomy—and decides that while he's there he might as well have a vasectomy.
2x05 Miss Emily's Wild Ride
14 October, 1991 8:00 am
When baby sitter Evan (Hal Holbrook) leaves baby Emily alone, she winds up going for a ride in Nub's wagon. Nub: Charlie Dell. Wood: Burt Reynolds.
2x06 The Road Trip
21 October, 1991 8:00 am
Wood and company quickly drive each other crazy when they take a road trip in a borrowed RV.
2x07 Winning Isn't Everything
28 October, 1991 8:00 am
The fate of the Evening Shade football program rests on the shoulder pads of Wood's new quarterback.
2x08 Where's My Watch?
11 November, 1991 8:00 am
Harlan's retirement leads to a fight with Merleen, and then to the Newtons', where's he's on his way to earning another gold watch---as the housekeeper.
2x10 The Thanksgiving Show
25 November, 1991 8:00 am
It's a turkey of a Thanksgiving for Wood and family when his ex-con cousin (Billy Bob Thornton) and his brood show up for the holiday.
2x11 Busted
09 December, 1991 8:00 am
A public outcry over exotic dancing leaves Ava exposed to criticism when she strips Fontana of her topless act.
2x13 The Getaway
06 January, 1992 8:00 am
An unwelcome visitor creates a stink during Wood and Ava's weekend alone. Hunter: Brent Briscoe.
2x15 The Au Pair Affair
27 January, 1992 8:00 am
Ava feels displaced by the Newstons' talented au pair girl.
2x16 Goin' to the Chapel (1)
03 February, 1992 8:00 am
Wood must express the family's concern over Evan's wedding.
2x18 Goin' to the Chapel (3)
02 March, 1992 8:00 am
Fontana decides to proceed with the wedding; Merleen meets her daughter.
2x19 Play Herman For Me
09 March, 1992 8:00 am
An auto mechanic hopes to get Herman's engines running with a series of erotic letters, causing a breakdown in Herman's relationship with Margaret (Ann Hearn).
2x20 Callous Hearts of Rage
23 March, 1992 8:00 am
Friends and family of Taylor make a scene after seeing themselves portrayed in the debut of his new play.
2x21 Taylor Buys a Car
06 April, 1992 8:00 am
Wood tries to steer Taylor (Jay R. Ferguson) away from buying a car, especially when Taylor suggests speeding things along with a garage sale, full of Wood's memorabilia.
2x22 Hasta la Vista, Baby
04 May, 1992 8:00 am
Herman takes humiliating work after losing his teaching job due to budget cuts.
2x24 No Pain, No Gain
18 May, 1992 8:00 am
Wood hopes to throw strikes bowling against a sports-show host (Don Meredith), but throws his back out instead.
2x25 The Perfect Birthday Party, Sort Of
18 May, 1992 8:00 am
Planning the perfect birthday party for Will is no piece of cake for Wood and Ava, while Evan and Fontana's first fight ends with a surprise.
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