Evening Shade: Season 1

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CBS | Season Premiere Date: September 21, 1990

Starring: Marilu Henner, Jay R. Ferguson, Burt Reynolds

Summary: Burt Reynolds stars as Wood Newton, an former professional football star who returns to his Arkansas home town of Evening Shade to coach the high school football team (the Mules), which had not won a game for two years. His wife Ava (Marilu Henner) was elected the town's prosecuting attorney while pregnant with the couple's fourth child.Burt Reynolds stars as Wood Newton, an former professional football star who returns to his Arkansas home town of Evening Shade to coach the high school football team (the Mules), which had not won a game for two years. His wife Ava (Marilu Henner) was elected the town's prosecuting attorney while pregnant with the couple's fourth child. Although their eldest son Taylor was the team quarterback, he inherited little of his father's sporting prowess.

Assisting Wood is Herman Stiles, a fragile mathematics teacher uncommonly unsuited to the task of football coaching. Other regulars included cantankerous Dr Elldridge and Ava's father Evan, who disapproves of Wood's laid-back lifestyle and who has never forgiven him for stealing his daughter away at such a young age. (Ava was 18 when she got hitched to the 30-year-old Wood.) The series was narrated by Ossie Davis as Ponder Blue, the laconic and philosophical proprietor of Ponder Blue's Barbecue Villa, around which much of the action takes place. (Adapted from BBC description)… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy, Sports

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E24. The Baby Show
Air Date: May 6, 1991
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S1:E23. Far from the Madden Crowd
Air Date: April 29, 1991
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S1:E22. Herman and Margaret Sitting in a Tree
Air Date: April 8, 1991

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Ken Tucker

Jun 7, 2013

The show strains somewhat to make the Old South meet the New, to force confrontations between the generations. ... With actors this interesting and writing this vivid, however, it's likely that Evening Shade will settle down and become as dependable a piece of entertainment as anything on television. Read full review

Marvin Kitman

Jul 12, 2013

What bothers me about "Evening Shade" is the lack of humor. [20 Sep 1990]

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 20, 1993
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 21, 1992
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 16, 1991
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 21, 1990
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  S1:E24. The Baby Show
  Air Date: May 6, 1991
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  S1:E23. Far from the Madden Crowd
  Air Date: April 29, 1991
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  S1:E22. Herman and Margaret Sitting in a Tree
  Air Date: April 8, 1991
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  S1:E21. I am Wood, Hear Me Roar
  Air Date: April 1, 1991
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  S1:E20. Sex Education
  Air Date: March 24, 1991
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  S1:E19. Gambler Anonymous
  Air Date: March 4, 1991
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  S1:E18. Nothing to Fear But Harvey Lujack
  Air Date: February 21, 1991
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  S1:E17. Into the Woods
  Air Date: February 18, 1991
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  S1:E16. The Trials of Wood Newton
  Air Date: February 11, 1991
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  S1:E15. Chip Off the Old Brick
  Air Date: February 4, 1991
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  S1:E14. Vote Early and Vote Often
  Air Date: January 28, 1991
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  S1:E13. Wood's Thirtieth Reunion
  Air Date: January 21, 1991
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  S1:E12. Wood and Ava and Gil and Madeline
  Air Date: January 7, 1991
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  S1:E11. The Wood Who Stole Christmas
  Air Date: December 17, 1990
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  S1:E10. Hooray for Wood
  Air Date: December 10, 1990
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  S1:E9. Mr. Mom
  Air Date: November 26, 1990
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  S1:E8. Something to Hold Onto
  Air Date: November 19, 1990
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  S1:E7. All for Charity
  Air Date: November 9, 1990
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  S1:E6. The Moustache Show
  Air Date: October 2, 1990
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  S1:E5. Fast Women
  Air Date: October 29, 1990
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  S1:E4. Sadie Hawkins Dance
  Air Date: October 16, 1990
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  S1:E3. Whatever Happened to Clutch Newton?
  Air Date: October 5, 1990
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  S1:E2. There Once Was A Boy Named Wood
  Air Date: September 28, 1990
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  S1:E1. A Day in the Life of Wood Newton
  Air Date: September 21, 1990