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Evening Shade - Season One
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097368920842
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Paramount
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: 892084
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 24, 2008
Running Time: 540 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1990
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Editorial Review:
Wood Newton (Burt Reynolds) 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.System Requirements:Running Time: 586 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097368920842 Manufacturer No: 892084
The sun set on Evening Shade in 1994, but it's morning again for this charmingly laid-back series set in a small Arkansas town populated by a gallery of colorful characters. Evening Shade gave Burt Reynolds what Look Who's Talking gave John Travolta; a career bump after his star had somewhat dimmed. Reynolds would earn a People's Choice Award, an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his tailor-made role as Wood Newton, a former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback who returns to his small town to serve as the high-school football coach. As the series begins, the team is mired in a 30 games-and-counting losing streak. His wife, Ava (Marilu Henner), whom Wood married when she was 18, no sooner launches her campaign for prosecutor, than she learns she is pregnant. Evening Shade was created by Clinton cronies Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (it is said that Hillary suggested the show's setting and title), but the show is a Red Stater's dream; a celebration of small town America and the three F's; family, friends, and faith. In the pilot, Wood bemoans the replacement of the local eatery's jukebox and the substitution of Milli Vanilli and "Me So Horny" for the cherished songs of his youth, like "Blueberry Hill." In "Gambler's Anonymous," get out your tissues when guest star Kenny Rogers sings the stirring "20 Years Ago." Reynolds anchors the series (he also directed eight episodes) and snaps one-liners with his flip panache, but he generously cedes the spotlight to the stellar ensemble of estimable character actors, including Hal Holbrook as Evan, Ava's father and the crusty publisher of the local newspaper, Ossie Davis as Blue, the sage owner of the local barbeque hangout, and whose Our Town-esque narration frames most of the episodes, Charles Durning as the outsized family physician, Michael Jeter, an Emmy-winner as the wimpy-looking math teacher who signs on as Wood's new assistant coach, and Elizabeth Ashley as southern diva Frieda, Ava's aunt. Adding more local color are Nub (Charlie Dell), the slow-witted paperboy (a character that would barely pass PC muster today), Ann Wedgeworth as Merleen, the doc's sexy wife, and Linda Gehringer as Fontana Beausoleil, a striptease artist with a heart of gold. Evening Shade has its own easy-going rhythm, and the same smart and sassy humor the Thomasons brought to Designing Women. In the episode, "Hooray for Wood," a movie crew is in town to film a Civil War miniseries. When a producer mentions they don't have enough blacks for slaves, Blue dryly replies, "Age-old problem." --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - A-One
Half-way through Disc one, I realized that this show was a "Coach" replica. Then, half-way through disc two, I realized that "Evening Shade" is what "Coach" wished to be. While both shows are so similar, espcially with the characters and "theme", "Evening Shade" excells in the human aspect of a sitcom. It's been almost 20 years since I've seen it, and at the time I didn't think much of the show, but then again, I was young. ;) If you love sitcoms that also have a moral story, then I suggest you ... Read More
Rating:  - Gary Hoyt
Evening Shade is a slower paced, predictable sitcom that is for a viewer that wants a kicked back type of show to watch. Actors are seasoned and probably could have created an epic sitcom if given the chance.
Rating: - LOVE this show!!!
I've been waiting for years for Evening Shade to finally come out on DVD and it was well worth the wait!! It is just as funny as I remembered it to be. The cast is so good and has such great chemistry. I can't wait for season two!!
Rating: - OLDIES LOVER
DVD ARRIVED VERY QUICKLY & IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND SELLER & WOULD USE AGAIN.
Rating: - LOVED it~ I never watched this before this set~ WOW great series~!
I never watched this series when it was on from 1990-1994~
I purchased this set because of the reviews~ I AM 100% THRILLED WITH THE DVD SET~ this series is very very good~
Burt Reynolds is a VERY former winning football HERO returned home as "very" LOOSING hometown football coach MOST FUNNY~ ADD wife Marilu Henner as his DA wife~ the humor is LOW key so it has timeless humor~ the main couple are great fun~ but the side characters have depth and are great~ add Charles Durning~ ... Read More
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