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A former pro football player moves back to his Arkansas childhood hometown to coach the high school football team.A former pro football player moves back to his Arkansas childhood hometown to coach the high school football team.A former pro football player moves back to his Arkansas childhood hometown to coach the high school football team.
- Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 9 wins & 33 nominations total
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- TriviaBurt Reynolds said the most fun he ever had in his whole career was working on this show.
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Dr. Harlan Elldridge: He had a splinter, in his butt, the size of a Louisville Slugger.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991)
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....which is such a shame because it really was very well acted and the writing was excellent, very witty and sharp and it will be difficult to repeat that kind of standard these days. I notice that there was a recent show out called 'A minute with Stan Hooper' which tried to emulate 'Evening Shade', and it did the job very well...but still didn't match up in my opinion.
Burt Reynolds was surrounded by a wonderful cast but he barely had to speak, because they did the work for him! Still,it wouldn't have been the same without him - he was perfect in the role and Marilu Henner was perfect as his wife.
The much missed Michael Jeter was the highlight of the show for me. He was so funny...a classic character actor with so much talent. But he wasn't alone, this show was full of fantastic actors; Ossie Davis, Charles Durning, Marilu Henner & Hal Holbrook are the actors that I remember...but I was just looking at the IMDb list of actors I see that Hilary Swank and Leah Rimini were in the show too - its fabulous to see that such quality stars started offin this great little, much respected show.
I really wish they'd repeat it on one of the comedy channels, it would be such a waste if it wasn't shown again.
Burt Reynolds was surrounded by a wonderful cast but he barely had to speak, because they did the work for him! Still,it wouldn't have been the same without him - he was perfect in the role and Marilu Henner was perfect as his wife.
The much missed Michael Jeter was the highlight of the show for me. He was so funny...a classic character actor with so much talent. But he wasn't alone, this show was full of fantastic actors; Ossie Davis, Charles Durning, Marilu Henner & Hal Holbrook are the actors that I remember...but I was just looking at the IMDb list of actors I see that Hilary Swank and Leah Rimini were in the show too - its fabulous to see that such quality stars started offin this great little, much respected show.
I really wish they'd repeat it on one of the comedy channels, it would be such a waste if it wasn't shown again.
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