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 4)
Four Naked Women 0.0
Air date: 1993-09-20
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: After the women play a joke on them, the guys get even by locking them out of Fontana's house—while they're clad in Fontana's stripper costumes.
One Down, Three to Go 0.0
Air date: 1993-09-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ava has a hard time adjusting when Taylor moves out ioto his own apartment.
One Hot Game 0.0
Air date: 1993-10-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Wood and Frieda get locked inside a sauna while everyone else in Evening Shade sweats out the football team's first game of the season.
Witness for the Prosecution 0.0
Air date: 1993-10-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ava and Harlan go head to head in court when he is a witness for an insurance company.
Kiss of the Ice Cream Woman 0.0
Air date: 1993-10-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Herman has some bad news for the returning Margaret (who has some for him in return). Herman confesses that he cheated on Margaret by kissing the ice cream woman—but only after Margaret confesses to kissing a man during her trip to Greece.
Night of the Living Newtons 0.0
Air date: 1993-10-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Wood tries to allay Emily's fear of scary costumes by letting her pick out his Hallowe'en attire.
The Dance 0.0
Air date: 1993-11-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Wood is more than a wee bit upset when he has to deal with Molly dating boys; meanwhile, Herman discovers that he's Scottish.
Wood and Evan's Excellent Adventure 0.0
Air date: 1993-11-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: With Nub out sick, Wood and Evan takes over his newspaper route as the ladies run his other errands.
Small Town Girl 0.0
Air date: 1993-11-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A Hollywood movie star takes a liking to Evening Shade—and decides to buy the whole town and turn it into a tourist attraction.
Where There's Smoke 0.0
Air date: 1993-11-22
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Freida returns from her health farm jaunt determined to stop smoking, with Herman's help.
Chain of Fools 0.0
Air date: 1993-11-29
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A new restaurant threatens Ponder's business, so the gang agree to participate in a serious of bizarre commercials.
Sleepless in Arkansas 0.0
Air date: 1993-12-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ava and Wood accompany a nervous Herman to a singles bar.
The Proof is in the Pudding 0.0
Air date: 1993-12-20
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ava is upset when she is forced to imprison her own father for refusing to divulge a journalistic source.
The People's Choice 0.0
Air date: 1994-01-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Disaster is on the ballot when Harlan and Ima both run for mayor.
Educating Calvin 0.0
Air date: 1994-01-10
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: When Wood's delinquent cousin Calvin returns to Evening Shade, he decides to stay at the Newtons' until he earns his high school diploma.
Paint the Town Nude 0.0
Air date: 1994-01-17
Runtime: 30 min
The Perfect Woman 0.0
Air date: 1994-01-31
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The town gets an eyeful when Merleen takes up painting nudes—using Harland and Wood as her first subjects.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Wood 0.0
Air date: 1994-02-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Wood must humiliate himself in order to inherit $1 million.
The Fabulous Frazier Girls 0.0
Air date: 1994-02-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Merleen's sisters ask her to join their singing act.
I Did, I Did 0.0
Air date: 1994-03-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: On their anniversary, Ava and Wood plan to reaffirm their vows—a plan that includes bachelor and bachelorette parties.
Mr. Newton Goes to Hot Springs 0.0
Air date: 1994-03-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The town is bankrupt and it's up to Mayor Wood to fix the problem; and he starts by attending a mayors conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood? 0.0
Air date: 1994-03-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Wood fields an offer from an old football chum who wants him as the new quarterback coach for the Atlanta Falcons.
Wood Climbs to New Heights 0.0
Air date: 1994-04-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A suitor professes his love for Molly on the town's water tower.
Mama Knows Best 0.0
Air date: 1994-05-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Mutual attraction develops between Ava's college pal and Taylor.
The Odder Couple 0.0
Air date: 1994-05-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: To avoid becoming infected with chicken pox, Wood moves in with Taylor.
I Left My Ring in Evening Shade 0.0
Air date: 1994-05-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Nub becomes a chimney sweep. Meanwhile, Frieda's ex-husband returns with an unusual proposal: he wants to get married again, and wants Frieda to return his grandmother's ring so he can give it to his new spouse.
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