Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Director
Evening Shade (1990)
Season 4
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.
Released Sept. 21, 1990
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.high-school, tmdb.small-town, tmdb.american-football, tmdb.american-football-coach, tmdb.arkansas, tmdb.high-school-sports, tmdb.sitcom + 17 more, imdb.high-school-football, imdb.former-athlete, imdb.arkansas, imdb.sitcom-comedy, imdb.laugh-track, imdb.small-town, imdb.coach, imdb.sitcom, imdb.mtm-enterprises, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated, awards.golden-globe-winner, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.ex-football-player, imdb.former-football-player, imdb.football, imdb.hometown
Production Companies: Mozark Productions, Burt Reynolds Productions, MTM Enterprises
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S4E1 - Four Naked Women
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.
Sept. 20, 1993, midnight
S4E2 - One Down, Three to Go
Ava has a hard time adjusting when Taylor moves out ioto his own apartment.
Sept. 27, 1993, midnight
S4E3 - One Hot Game
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.
Oct. 4, 1993, midnight
S4E4 - Witness for the Prosecution
Ava and Harlan go head to head in court when he is a witness for an insurance company.
Oct. 11, 1993, midnight
S4E5 - Kiss of the Ice Cream Woman
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.
Oct. 18, 1993, midnight
S4E6 - Night of the Living Newtons
Wood tries to allay Emily's fear of scary costumes by letting her pick out his Hallowe'en attire.
Oct. 25, 1993, midnight
S4E7 - The Dance
Wood is more than a wee bit upset when he has to deal with Molly dating boys; meanwhile, Herman discovers that he's Scottish.
Nov. 1, 1993, midnight
S4E8 - Wood and Evan's Excellent Adventure
With Nub out sick, Wood and Evan takes over his newspaper route as the ladies run his other errands.
Nov. 8, 1993, midnight
S4E9 - Small Town Girl
A Hollywood movie star takes a liking to Evening Shade—and decides to buy the whole town and turn it into a tourist attraction.
Nov. 15, 1993, midnight
S4E10 - Where There's Smoke
Freida returns from her health farm jaunt determined to stop smoking, with Herman's help.
Nov. 22, 1993, midnight
S4E11 - Chain of Fools
A new restaurant threatens Ponder's business, so the gang agree to participate in a serious of bizarre commercials.
Nov. 29, 1993, midnight
S4E12 - Sleepless in Arkansas
Ava and Wood accompany a nervous Herman to a singles bar.
Dec. 13, 1993, midnight
S4E13 - The Proof is in the Pudding
Ava is upset when she is forced to imprison her own father for refusing to divulge a journalistic source.
Dec. 20, 1993, midnight
S4E14 - The People's Choice
Disaster is on the ballot when Harlan and Ima both run for mayor.
Jan. 3, 1994, midnight
S4E15 - Educating Calvin
When Wood's delinquent cousin Calvin returns to Evening Shade, he decides to stay at the Newtons' until he earns his high school diploma.
Jan. 10, 1994, midnight
S4E16 - Paint the Town Nude
Merleen finds her calling by painting nudes--starting with husband Harlan.
Jan. 17, 1994, midnight
S4E17 - The Perfect Woman
The town gets an eyeful when Merleen takes up painting nudes—using Harland and Wood as her first subjects.
Jan. 31, 1994, midnight
S4E18 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Wood
Wood must humiliate himself in order to inherit $1 million.
Feb. 7, 1994, midnight
S4E19 - The Fabulous Frazier Girls
Merleen's sisters ask her to join their singing act.
Feb. 28, 1994, midnight
S4E20 - I Did, I Did
On their anniversary, Ava and Wood plan to reaffirm their vows—a plan that includes bachelor and bachelorette parties.
March 7, 1994, midnight
S4E21 - Mr. Newton Goes to Hot Springs
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.
March 14, 1994, midnight
S4E22 - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood?
Wood fields an offer from an old football chum who wants him as the new quarterback coach for the Atlanta Falcons.
March 28, 1994, midnight
S4E23 - Wood Climbs to New Heights
A suitor professes his love for Molly on the town's water tower.
April 11, 1994, midnight
S4E24 - Mama Knows Best
Mutual attraction develops between Ava's college pal and Taylor.
May 9, 1994, midnight
S4E25 - The Odder Couple
To avoid becoming infected with chicken pox, Wood moves in with Taylor.
May 16, 1994, midnight
S4E26 - I Left My Ring in Evening Shade
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.
May 23, 1994, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 3000 min.
Released: Sept. 21, 1990
Last Air Date: May 23, 1994, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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