Detective Dwight Hendricks (Jason Lee) has sung his last Elvis song and solved his last case. TNT has cancelled Memphis Beat after two season on the air.
A TNT spokesperson said, “TNT has decided not to pick up a third season of Memphis Beat… The network thanks everyone involved in the production of Memphis Beat for their work on the series, including the great cast and crew. TNT wishes everyone the best.” The last episode aired on August 16th.
Beat was the last of the TNT dramas to have its fate decided. The cable channel renewed Leverage, Rizzoli & Isles, Falling Skies, and Franklin & Bash but cancelled Beat, HawthoRNe, and Men of a Certain Age. Men had the worst ratings of the three axed series while HawthoRNe and Beat were next in line.
Lee will next be seen on NBC’s Up All Night and Beat creators/spouses Liz Garcia and Josh Harto recently sold a new drama to the peacock network called The Meadows.
What do you think? Are you sorry that Memphis Beat has been cancelled? What would you have liked to see happen in season three?
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I can’t believe you canceled Memphis Beat. I looked foward to this show every week,it was lighthearted and good entertainment. A lot better written than HawThrone, which was pitfail.
Consider bringing it back and add some spice..
What a shame, one of my favorite shows. It was different than every thing else on tv. I don’t need another reality show! I loved the quirky characters. TNT made the wrong choice.
I just have one statement to make (George Clooney ) put Memphis Beat BACK ON the air. This is a GREAT show……
bring it back!!!!!
One Of two shows my husband I look forward to watching together! I’m crushed to hear of its cancelation!It’s funny how a show that actually has a good story line and a little morality gets cancelled mean while all this other trash stays on the air! BRING BACK MEMPHIS BEAT!
can’t believe you canceled memphis beat – i actually got the wife to sit and watch it with me and she likes it too. its a great show. they cancelled family guy years ago and brought it back – look at it now!! there are constant ads for survivor – so many that i’ve had enuff of them – i can’t believe its still on the air – put some coin into ads for memphis beat and watch the ratings grow!!!
I loved Memphis Beat. Had a great cast and story lines. Bring it back!
Have been a faithful watcher of your dramas….The Closer, Saving Grace, Rizzoli and Isles etc….Memphis Beat and Hawthorne need to come back and be promoted better….it was a thing on FB to let everyone know when it was on. BRING IT BACK, please!!
They cancelled Memphis Beat but kept Franklin and Bash???? Franklin & Bash is so sophomoric and ridiculous it’s amazing it lasted past the 1st episode. Memphis Beat was not only funny, but the cases were really interesting, not to mention the cast was great! It had a nice southern flavor, and love of family, and the cases were believable and typical in life. No “out there” characters, which was a breath of fresh air. The characters were also very well cast. Shame on you for canceling this…I will really miss it.
I agree. From the first show involving elder abuse through the last show. And the music was great, and I’m a rock music lover. Bring it back. How many of us have to urge TNT to reconsider?
I am devastated by no renewel of Memphis Beat. It had humor, seriousness, care for parent and wonderful Memphis blues. I keep the episode where Dwight and others sang Leaving on a plane to Georgia. It makes me smile and feel the love of the music.
Come on back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRING BACK MEMPHIS BEAT!
One if the best cop shows ever. I went to look at the new schedule and saw TnT cancelled the show. Are they out of their minds? Franklin and Bash?? Pleassse. I was not the greatest Hawthorne fan but I thought the acting was great and we should have not been left on a limb for the ending. Memphis beat cast brought out true southern flavor. Even Tony was a differnet type character. wake up TNT change time and date if u must but bring Memphis Beat back. It deserves another chance
Memphis Beat was one of the most innovaite shows of late. The southern flavor that the cast brought to the show was quite regfreshing, they made the show as real as possible,Jason Lee was fantastic. Even Tony his mothers shady boyfriend did a f rea r jv
Memphis Beat was funny and light-hearted show…and I loved the endings with Elvis tunes. There are a lot of other shows, especially reruns, that could have been cancelled before this one.
I can’t believe you cancelled Memphis Beat. I only watch a few shows on TV, this being one of my favorites. This has to at least be better that the reality shows that are show all the time with a group of mindless losers tramping through mud. I don’t watch the major networks because USA is putting out some entertaining programs. Keep em’ coming and bring back Memphis Beat.
I have been watching closely to see if this GREAT, entertaining show would get renewed. I loved it and for that reason I thought it would not get renewed. I agree with others get rid of all those talentless reality shows and give us something with a little Memphis culture and personality. Each character had it own “color” and offered variety to each show. I too hope it will be picked up by another network as well as Treme. This is my first time to offer my opinion @ a show so my sentiment is guinine.