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Charles Durning | As: Harlan Elldridge | |
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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
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Charles Durning |
Harlan Elldridge |
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Michael Jeter |
Herman Stiles |
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Hal Holbrook |
Evan Evans |
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Ossie Davis |
Ponder Blue |
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Burt Reynolds |
Wood Newton |
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Marilu Henner |
Ava Evans Newton |
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Elizabeth Ashley |
Freida Evans |
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Candace Hutson |
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Jay R. Ferguson |
Taylor Newton |
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Ann Wedgeworth |
Merleen Elldridge |
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Melissa Reneé Martin |
Molly Newton |
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Jacob Parker |
Will Newton |
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Candace Hutson |
Molly Newton |
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