The show suffers from severe tonal problems as it struggles to balance local eccentricities and strained comedy with an overly graphic approach to its plot-driving crimes.... Read More

Robert Lloyd's review of Memphis Beat for Los Angeles Times

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

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... Read More

Geoffrey Berkshire's review of Memphis Beat for Variety

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Everything about Beat, from the accents to the Elvis impersonators lining the police station, from Hendricks' after-hours hobby singing at a bar to his underdeveloped co-workers, suggests a series wor... Read More

James Poniewozik's review of Memphis Beat for Time

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

While I like how Lee's laid-back style translates to a police drama, there's not enough here to separate the show from the umpteen other slightly-quirky-guy-solves-crimes cable dramas.... Read More

Michael Landweber's review of Memphis Beat for PopMatters

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

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 ... Read More

Matthew Gilbert's review of Memphis Beat for Boston Globe

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

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 ha... Read More

Scott D. Pierce's review of Memphis Beat for Deseret News

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Except for the setting, there really isn't much to distinguish Memphis Beat from hundreds of cop shows past and present. As a matter of fact, it's far more like them than it is different.... Read More

Mark A. Perigard's review of Memphis Beat for Boston Herald

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

The players have all done fine work in other venues, but the story isn’t here. The network that “knows drama” needs to step it up a beat.... Read More

Verne Gay's review of Memphis Beat for Newsday

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

A by-the-book cop show without much bite or heft. But it's got Memphis and Lee.... Read More

Alessandra Stanley's review of Memphis Beat for The New York Times

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

"Treme" and "Justified" are too slow even for Slow Television. Memphis Beat is easier to follow, and certainly more lively.... Read More

Rob Owen's review of Memphis Beat for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

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 lightweigh... Read More

Paige Wiser's review of Memphis Beat for Chicago Sun-Times

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

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 require... Read More

Linda Stasi's review of Memphis Beat for New York Post

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

While it sounds old hat, the who, what, when, where, why and how of this police procedural doesn't go the usual-suspects route. This show really keeps you guessing. And the soundtrack, by blues singer... Read More

Barry Garron's review of Memphis Beat for Hollywood Reporter

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

But even as the cop genre seems beyond saturation, along comes TNT's Memphis Beat, a series with a fresh character in a fresh environment with a fresh look and sound that proves, against all odds, tha... Read More

David Hinckley's review of Memphis Beat for New York Daily News

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

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

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Memphis Beat 01X10 Recapped!!

Posted on Aug 31, 2010

The scene opens with Dwight singing. There is light all around him and it is a dream sequence. He goes in his dressing room and Gary Shilling gives him a necklace with the initials T.C.B. (Taking Care... Read More

Memphis Beat 01X09 Recapped!!

Posted on Aug 21, 2010

The scene opens with Dwight entering into a hotel and sees his mom putting a bread roll in her purse and asks if she is going to be hungry later. Tony comes over dressed in a suit and tells that it is... Read More

Memphis Beat 01X08 Recapped!!

Posted on Aug 11, 2010

The scene opens with Lt. Rice entering the bank and sees a long line. She shows her badge and tells that she is the lieutenant for the Police Department and she is told to wait in line. She lies to th... Read More

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