Memphis Beat: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

TNT | Season Premiere Date: June 22, 2010

Starring: Abraham Benrubi, Alfre Woodard, Celia Weston

Summary: Jason Lee is Dwight Hendricks, a Memphis detective who loves singing Elvis songs and is close to his mother.

Creator: Liz W. Garcia and Josh Harto and Joshua Harto

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. I Want to Be Free
Air Date: August 24, 2010
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S1:E9. Don't Be So Cruel
Air Date: August 17, 2010
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S1:E8. I Shall Not Be Moved
Air Date: August 10, 2010

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David Hinckley

TNT's new Memphis Beat has a great soundtrack and a pretty good cop drama in between. Read full review

Paige Wiser

If you're looking for a new cop drama to serve and protect your entertainment interests, leave the rookies alone to ripen, and go for a ride-along with Jason Lee's Dwight. Blue suede shoes not required. Read full review

Rob Owen

Memphis Blues has a similar feel to "The Closer" at the same stage. The secondary characters are not yet developed, and the show feels fairly pat. But it has the necessary ingredients for a lightweight, innocuous procedural.

Michael Landweber

The bar is set reasonably low for police procedurals and there is no reason to think that Memphis Beat can't clear it eventually. However, to "save" Memphis, maybe what the show needs is to let loose and have a little bit of fun. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

The Memphis location is meant to add distinction, but it doesn't quite work. The setting and the musical references seem oddly artificial, right down to Lee's stage performance, for which his voice has been dubbed. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

More often it is labored and belaboring, from the eccentric station-house staff--including Abraham Benrubi, wearing Willie Nelson's old pigtails, as a Chickasaw desk sergeant, and DJ Qualls as a slack-jawed Cletus of a patrol officer--to the Elvis imitators on the street and Dwight's constant promotion of Memphis as "sacred ground" to people who, after all, live there too. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

As drama, Memphis Beat is a dreary failure, a formulaic cop show distinguished only by its poor execution. Read full review

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HarleyGuy

Sep 23, 2011

Good series and good music. Interesting twist on law enforcement and common sense approaches to it. Very good acting, characters and plots - please keep this series going.

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damdam62

Jun 25, 2011

I love this show! Critics don't always know what the mass public likes. It's the one show I look forwaed to each week. There is alot of crap on TV but Memphis Beat works fine for me. Go Memphis.

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BBoop

Feb 10, 2011

This show is SO much fun. A recent episode closed with Jason in a duet singing a song that started, "One night of sin. That's what I'm now paying for." So honky-tonk and amusing! A recent episode that started with a courtroom scene was priceless.

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Phocus

Aug 20, 2010

Great writing, great music, and characters you like and identify with. This show has it all. We do wish the season was longer though. Who knew 'Earl' could sing. Great show.

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jezebel

Aug 31, 2010

I love the whole idea of Memphis Beat. I love the music and everything about this show. Please bring it back for season 2. I never missed an episode. I watch police/cop shows a lot and this Memphis Beat is one of the best to come along in quite some time.

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kimmay

Sep 7, 2010

i thought this show was great! it had a little of everything. i can't wait until it goes to dvd and back on tv. the cast had a perfect chemistry and the music was great.

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Retha210

Jul 19, 2011

Too much Dwight. The first season was a little more rounded. I'd like to see a little more of the rest of the cast of characters. This season seems to be developed completely around Dwight and his life story which has become a bit boring to me. Great cast of characters. I wish theyToo much Dwight. The first season was a little more rounded. I'd like to see a little more of the rest of the cast of characters. This season seems to be developed completely around Dwight and his life story which has become a bit boring to me. Great cast of characters. I wish they would use them more.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 14, 2011
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 22, 2010
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  S1:E10. I Want to Be Free
  Air Date: August 24, 2010
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  S1:E9. Don't Be So Cruel
  Air Date: August 17, 2010
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  S1:E8. I Shall Not Be Moved
  Air Date: August 10, 2010
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  S1:E7. Suspicious Minds
  Air Date: August 3, 2010
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  S1:E6. Run On
  Air Date: July 27, 2010
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  S1:E5. One Night of Sin
  Air Date: July 20, 2010
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  S1:E4. Polk Salad Annie
  Air Date: July 13, 2010
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  S1:E3. Love Her Tender
  Air Date: July 6, 2010
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  S1:E2. Baby, Let's Play House
  Air Date: June 29, 2010
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  S1:E1. It's Alright Mama (Pilot)
  Air Date: June 22, 2010
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  S1:E0. DEETE
  Air Date: June 21, 2010
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  S1:E0. DELETE
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E0. DELETE
  Air Date: August 23, 2010