For other uses, see Evening Shade (disambiguation).
Evening Shade
Genre
Sitcom
Created by
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason[1]
Starring
Burt Reynolds
Marilu Henner
Michael Jeter
Jay R. Ferguson
Hal Holbrook
Ossie Davis
Charles Durning
Elizabeth Ashley
Ann Wedgeworth
Linda Gehringer
Charlie Dell
Candace Hutson
Jacob Parker
Narrated by
Ossie Davis
Opening theme
Instrumental theme by Sonny Curtis (1990–92) Theme with lyrics by Bobby Goldsboro (1992–94)
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
4
No. of episodes
101 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Harry Thomason
Burt Reynolds
Running time
30 minutes (with commercials)
Production companies
Bloodworth/Thomason Mozark Productions
Burt Reynolds Productions
MTM Enterprises
CBS Productions
Original release
Network
CBS
Release
September 21, 1990 (1990-09-21) – May 23, 1994 (1994-05-23)
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Evening Shade is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 21, 1990, to May 23, 1994. The series stars Burt Reynolds as Woodrow "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 character's former team because he was a fan.[2]
The general theme of the show is the appeal of small-town life. Episodes often ended with a closing narration by Ossie Davis, as his character Ponder Blue, summing up the events of the episode, always closing with "... in a place called Evening Shade." The opening segment included clips from around Arkansas, including the famous McClard's Bar-B-Q in Hot Springs National Park.
^Letofsky, Irv (October 29, 1990). "The Sitcom Behind the Sitcom: Television: The countdown to an 'Evening Shade' rehearsal can be comedic. Just ask writer and producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
^Wallace, David (February 17, 1991). "TELEVISION: The Dawning of 'Evening Shade': How the producing team of Harry and Linda Thomason lured Burt Reynolds and other movie heavyweights to a sitcom". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
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