Evening Shade
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.
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason |
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| 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) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes (with commercials) |
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| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 21, 1990 – May 23, 1994 |
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, which is situated on Albert Pike Boulevard and South Patterson Street in Hot Springs National Park.