Memphis Beat: Season 1
  • Network: TNT
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 22, 2010
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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Metascore
56 out of 100

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8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 97 Ratings

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  • Summary: Jason Lee is Dwight Hendricks, a Memphis detective who loves singing Elvis songs and is close to his mother.
  • Genre(s): Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 3 out of 18
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    80
    TNT's new Memphis Beat has a great soundtrack and a pretty good cop drama in between.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    80
    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, that good actors and agile execution trump format every time.
  3. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    58
    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.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    37
    Lee and co-star Alfre Woodard deserve better than Memphis Beat, which can't quite overcome the cliches that frequently bog it down.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. BBoop
    10
    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.… Expand
  2. cammy
    10
    I really enjoy Jason Lee in this role.......I've only seen two episodes and want to see many, many more......I'm taping them from now on........ He's a very good singer......Sexy!! I too,, would watch it every night if I could.........Please keep it going!!!… Expand
  3. ECHOOooo
    8
    I like this show. Interesting characters and plot lines, good Memphis blues background music, and a nice mix of humor, character development, and drama. I wish Jason Lee could start singing his own lines, but other than that, I like most everything about this show.… Expand
  4. texasannie
    6
    I really want to like this show. The cast is great. Memphis is the best! The music is great. Jason Lee I love, although sometimes I feel that he doesn't own this role. And there's something else that's missing that isn't pulling it together for me. I tried hard to be a fan last season and will try hard again this season. The thing is . . .I shouldn't have to try hard, should I?… Expand

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