Editing Evening Shade (section)

== Reception ==
The series enjoyed strong ratings during its entire run, hitting its peak in season two with a number 15 Nielsen ranking. At the time, this was a notably higher position than ''[[The Cosby Show]]'', which had recently fallen from a five-year streak as TV's number-one program. ''Evening Shade'' was still a top-30 performer, after CBS cancelled the series in May 1994. Skyrocketing production costs, mainly attributed to the large salaries of the show's top-caliber, all-star cast, were the primary reason given for the cancellation (which was confirmed by Marilu Henner in her September 1994 appearance on ''[[Charlie Rose (TV series)|Charlie Rose]]''). However, some have speculated that the show's ending was a decision made by Reynolds, rather than CBS, as his recent marriage troubles with [[Loni Anderson]] (from whom he was divorced in 1993) were thought to have affected his work.

After its cancellation, reruns of ''Evening Shade'' were picked up by [[Freeform (TV channel)|The Family Channel]], which were also edited considerably from their original broadcast versions.

=== Nielsen ratings ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" 
|-
! Season
! Timeslot
! Rank
! Rating
! Households
|-
| 1) 1990-91
| Fridays at 8:00 pm (episodes 1-4, 6-7); Mondays at 8:00 pm (episodes 5, 8-24)
| #49 
| 12.1
| N/A
|-
| 2) 1991-92
| rowspan="3" | Mondays at 8:00 pm 
| #15 
| 15.6
| 14,367,600
|-
| 3) 1992-93
| #19
| 14.5
| 13,499,500
|-
| 4) 1993-94
| #27 
| 13.2 
| 12,434,400
|}