Evening Shade - Season One | 
 enlarge | Directors: Richard Kline, Michael Jeter, Dennis Erdman, Charles Frank, Robert Ginty
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Dominic Messina
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1482
Format: Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 5
Running Time: 540
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 892084
UPC: 097368920842
EAN: 0097368920842
ASIN: B00005JOXR
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1990
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW!!! FACTORY SEALED!!!
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Product Description
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
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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
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OLDIES LOVER July 21, 2008
DVD ARRIVED VERY QUICKLY & IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND SELLER & WOULD USE AGAIN.
LOVED it~ I never watched this before this set~ WOW great series~! July 8, 2008
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~ Elizabeth Ashley~ Ossie Davis~ and many more~ FANTASTIC WRITING~
The hometown HUMOR and feel makes this series still FRESH and enjoyable over 14 years later~ very like the Newhart in feel.
BETTER than I expected~ I can hardly wait for the next three Seasons but no doubt CBS video will take years go them out~
I GIVE IT A SOLID 8 OUT OF 10 FOR HUMOR, ACTING AND VERY EXCELLENT WRITING~ GREAT SERIES~
 Burt Reynolds at his best June 30, 2008
"Evening Shade," a CBS-TV series that ran from 1990-94, holds a special place in the Burt Reynolds canon... Reynolds acted prodigiously on TV and in film throughout the 1960s, '70s and '80s, but this was one of his best and longest-lived roles, playing Wood Newton, a retired NFL player who has become a high school football coach for a perpetually losing small town team. The show was a half-hour sit-com dramedy with a high-powered cast that also included Ossie Davis, Hal Holbrook and Marilu Henner -- Reynolds directed almost half the episodes, but one of the show's strengths was how well he shared the spotlight. Reynolds is unhurried and relaxed, a mature actor in a mature, middle-aged role. The show's rhythms are familiar: in its cosmopolitan-professional-settling-in-a-small-town premise, it strongly recalls the second Bob Newhart show, including the large cast of wacky locals; there is also a domestic aspect of the show that recalls shows like "Family Ties," et al., but with an occasionally adult, raunchy edge (in the pilot episode, for example, Coach finds out that his late-in-life vasectomy failed, and that he and Marilu are now expecting another child) While the show conformed to some of the formulas of network TV, it also had its own unique tone and charms. Fans will be happy to see Season One out on DVD; newcomers may be charmed as well. (Joe Sixpack, Slipcue film reviews)
Soak up the SHADE June 1, 2008
33 out of 36 found this review helpful
Evening Shade is a 1980's throw back to the great TV of the 1960's. Burt Reynolds leads a cast veteran actors in a modern day Andt Griffith show.
Wood Newton (Reynolds) is a former pro American Football player who has retired and returned to his childhood home with his wife (Marilu Henner) and his kids, the small town of Evening Shade, Arkansas. He's now the coach of the local high school football team. His assistant Herman Stiles (Micheal Jeter) acts like a Barney Fife to Wood's Andy. There is his friend Ponder Blue (Ossie Davis, who looks like he is having a ball doing this), The town Doctor and his wife (Charles Durning and Ann Wedgeworth) and Wood's Father in Law (Hal Holbrook)
One could wish this DVD would have Reynolds, Holbrook, Durning or Henner doing an audio commentary track. However this aint happening
We have lost the talents of Micheal Jeter and Ossie Davis. This show is a showcase to their acting talents.
so go get some shade and bask in its laughter
Bennet Pomerantz Audioworld
Burt Reynolds' Finest Hour May 25, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The cast on this show is superb. Every small town has a version of "Nub",mine has 5. I have waited years to revisit this wonderful show and have checked regularly to see its availability. I can't wait until my episodes arrive and I can get the popcorn ready for a marathon viewing.
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