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 Blvd. and South Patterson St. in Hot Springs National Park.
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Episode 1 - Four Naked Women
Release Date: 1993-09-20After 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.
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Episode 2 - One Down, Three to Go
Release Date: 1993-09-27Ava has a hard time adjusting when Taylor moves out ioto his own apartment.
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Episode 3 - One Hot Game
Release Date: 1993-10-04Wood and Frieda get locked inside a sauna while everyone else in Evening Shade sweats out the football team's first game of the season.
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Episode 4 - Witness for the Prosecution
Release Date: 1993-10-11Ava and Harlan go head to head in court when he is a witness for an insurance company.
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Episode 5 - Kiss of the Ice Cream Woman
Release Date: 1993-10-18Herman 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.
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Episode 6 - Night of the Living Newtons
Release Date: 1993-10-25Wood tries to allay Emily's fear of scary costumes by letting her pick out his Hallowe'en attire.
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Episode 7 - The Dance
Release Date: 1993-11-01Wood is more than a wee bit upset when he has to deal with Molly dating boys; meanwhile, Herman discovers that he's Scottish.
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Episode 8 - Wood and Evan's Excellent Adventure
Release Date: 1993-11-08With Nub out sick, Wood and Evan takes over his newspaper route as the ladies run his other errands.
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Episode 9 - Small Town Girl
Release Date: 1993-11-15A Hollywood movie star takes a liking to Evening Shade—and decides to buy the whole town and turn it into a tourist attraction.
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Episode 10 - Where There's Smoke
Release Date: 1993-11-22Freida returns from her health farm jaunt determined to stop smoking, with Herman's help.
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Episode 11 - Chain of Fools
Release Date: 1993-11-29A new restaurant threatens Ponder's business, so the gang agree to participate in a serious of bizarre commercials.
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Episode 12 - Sleepless in Arkansas
Release Date: 1993-12-13Ava and Wood accompany a nervous Herman to a singles bar.
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Episode 13 - The Proof is in the Pudding
Release Date: 1993-12-20Ava is upset when she is forced to imprison her own father for refusing to divulge a journalistic source.
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Episode 14 - The People's Choice
Release Date: 1994-01-03Disaster is on the ballot when Harlan and Ima both run for mayor.
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Episode 15 - Educating Calvin
Release Date: 1994-01-10When Wood's delinquent cousin Calvin returns to Evening Shade, he decides to stay at the Newtons' until he earns his high school diploma.
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Episode 16 - Paint the Town Nude
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Episode 17 - The Perfect Woman
Release Date: 1994-01-31The town gets an eyeful when Merleen takes up painting nudes—using Harland and Wood as her first subjects.
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Episode 18 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Wood
Release Date: 1994-02-07Wood must humiliate himself in order to inherit $1 million.
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Episode 19 - The Fabulous Frazier Girls
Release Date: 1994-02-28Merleen's sisters ask her to join their singing act.
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Episode 20 - I Did, I Did
Release Date: 1994-03-07On their anniversary, Ava and Wood plan to reaffirm their vows—a plan that includes bachelor and bachelorette parties.
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Episode 21 - Mr. Newton Goes to Hot Springs
Release Date: 1994-03-14The 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.
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Episode 22 - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood?
Release Date: 1994-03-28Wood fields an offer from an old football chum who wants him as the new quarterback coach for the Atlanta Falcons.
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Episode 23 - Wood Climbs to New Heights
Release Date: 1994-04-11A suitor professes his love for Molly on the town's water tower.
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Episode 24 - Mama Knows Best
Release Date: 1994-05-09Mutual attraction develops between Ava's college pal and Taylor.
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Episode 25 - The Odder Couple
Release Date: 1994-05-16To avoid becoming infected with chicken pox, Wood moves in with Taylor.
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Episode 26 - I Left My Ring in Evening Shade
Release Date: 1994-05-23Nub 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.