Evening Shade

Evening Shade is an American <a href="/facts/Sitcom/a01VwMsV">sitcom</a> that aired on <a href="/facts/CBS/BhMsVoej">CBS</a> from September 21, 1990, to May 23, 1994. The series stars <a href="/facts/Burt_Reynolds/8exc2rdL">Burt Reynolds</a> as Woodrow "Wood" Newton, an ex-professional <a href="/facts/American_football/TGzJa1nW">football</a> player for the <a href="/facts/Pittsburgh_Steelers/ArD7FTxQ">Pittsburgh Steelers</a>, who returns to rural <a href="/facts/Evening_Shade%2c_Arkansas/j15hPAPY">Evening Shade, Arkansas</a>, 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.
The general theme of the show is the appeal of small-town life. Episodes often ended with a closing narration by <a href="/facts/Ossie_Davis/38Ac6wkg">Ossie Davis</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/Hot_Springs_National_Park/sot7pY7L">Hot Springs National Park</a>.

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Evening Shade