Evening Shade is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 21, 1990, to May 23, 1994. The series stars Burt Reynolds as Woodrow "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 character's former team because he was a fan.
Promotional cast photo
Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was an American actor and considered a sex symbol and icon of 1970s American popular culture. Reynolds first rose to prominence when he starred in television series such as Gunsmoke (1962–1965), Hawk (1966), and Dan August (1970–1971). He had leading roles in films such as Navajo Joe (1966) and 100 Rifles (1969), and his breakthrough role was as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance (1972).
Reynolds in 1991
Reynolds (right) with Darren McGavin in Riverboat
Reynolds (left) with John Williams as William Shakespeare in The Twilight Zone featuring Reynolds parodying look-alike Marlon Brando
Reynolds as Quint Asper in Gunsmoke, 1962