Evening Shade: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Wood Newton is a retired pro American Football player who has returned to his childhood home - the small town of Evening Shade, Arkansas. He's now the coach of the local high school Football team, which brings him closer to the other residents of the town.

Series details

• Title: Evening Shade
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Family
• Premiere date: 1990-09-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 1994-05-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 31 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7835
• IMDb ID: tt0098790
• TVDB ID: 76007

Cast and credited roles

• Burt Reynolds — Woodrow "Wood" Newton
• Marilu Henner — Ava Evans Newton
• Michael Jeter — Herman Stiles
• Candace Hutson — Molly Newton
• Melissa Renée Martin — Molly Newton
• Jacob Parker — Will Newton
• Ossie Davis — Ponder Blue
• Jay R. Ferguson — Taylor Newton
• Elizabeth Ashley — Frieda Evans
• Ann Wedgeworth — Merleen Elldridge
• Charles Durning — Dr. Harlan Eldridge
• Hal Holbrook — Evan Evans

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1990-09-21; final listed air date 1991-05-06; episode order: 24.
• Season 2: premiered 1991-09-16; final listed air date 1992-05-18; episode order: 24.
• Season 3: premiered 1992-09-21; final listed air date 1993-05-17; episode order: 24.
• Season 4: premiered 1993-09-20; final listed air date 1994-05-23; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Evening Shade on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.