Evening Shade Season 1
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.
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Evening Shade Season 1 Full Episode Guide
Ava rides in the back of Ponder's catering truck on a chaotic ride to the hospital.
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Ava goes into labor the night of the Booster Club Sports banquest, to which Wood has invited his football archrival Terry Bradshaw.
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Herman's relationship with Margaret hits a snag when she refuses to be seen with Herman on a formal ""date"".
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Two female students attempt to join the football team.
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An in-over-his-head Herman substitute teaches a class in sex education, and calls in ""expert"" Wood.
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Wood tries to keep secret the presence of his guest: old acquaintance country-music singer Kenny Rogers.
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A convict who'd threatened prosecutor Ava when she had him put away escapes and heads toward town.
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On Wood's annual deer-hunting trip, a local legend deer drops dead in front of his cabin—outside official hunting grounds.
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Wood must testify against Evan, who's being defended by his daughter Ava.
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Herman's big, blustery father comes to visit, but talks football with Wood and chases after Frieda more than he sees his son.
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Wood and Ava recall how friends rallied to help her get elected Prosceuting Attorney over her opponent Jim Guy Puckett.
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At his 30-year high school reunion, Wood hooks up with two old pals and one old flame.
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Wood and Ava are asked to dinner by a married couple—who turn out to be swingers into spouse-swapping.
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Tired of his kids' materialism, Wood gives their presents to a needy family.
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Wood gets a bit part when a movie company and its temperamental star arrive to shoot a Civil War mini-series.
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With Ava's prosecutorial work taking her away from her household duties, a miserable Wood has to take up the slack.
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Wood and the rest of town tutor the football players in algebra so they won't fail their classes and be barred from a big game.
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Hoping to win Wood's favour, Herman, at a fundraiser, bids for and wins a weekend with Wood and his family.
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Ava's high-school flame visits; Will shaves off half of Wood's moustache.
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Ava asks Wood to talk with both their son, Taylor, and her father about their choice in dates.
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During Sadie Hawkins week, the football team begins a seven-day series of pranks on Coach Newton.
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On seeing an old game film, Wood discovers his most celebrated high school touchdown catch was actually out of bounds.
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Frieda babysits, and fills in for Evan on poker night when he has a date with Miss Beausoleil.
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On his birthday/wedding anniversary, an innocent Wood is photographed with a stripper; and Prosecuting Attorney candidate Ava discovers she's pregnant despite Wood's vasectomy.
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