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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Bad decision!
jason, alfre, and the rest of the cast developed such rapport with viewers for the characters they portrayed. The music, the backdrop shots of (what i presume is) memphis, the storylines, the cars; altogether a fresh, well-crafted cop show that TNT murdered. hope someone solves this mystery.
i stopped watching regular tv and went to tnt because the tv execs think everyone is mindless.memphis beat was well written and well acted,ii guess tnt has some mindless execs
Why is it everytime there is something the whole family can watch it is cancelled? My mother and I really enjoyed watching this show. She is 80 and I am 60.
Are you kidding me???? Hello anyone listening?? Bring it back, good stuff, great actors, great fun. Easy to get into,,,,,,,,,,,other TNT not as good.
Love the music,
Love the people,
Love the stories,
Love, love, love it………………………
Not too many shows to like out there, find a great one and it goes away.
Loved Memphis Beat. Can’t belive it has been cancelled. Big mistake.
I think you made a big mistake. I couldn’t wait till it came back on and others I talked to felt the same. Hope you reconsider.
What the hell you show nothing but rerun after reruns and every good show never hardly last 2 years, it was very sad to see saving grace go off but you cancelled MEMPHIS BEAT ain’t that a kick in the ass!!
I love Jason Lee and the rest of Memphis Beat….I can not beleive that you would cancel it. TNT you totally screwed up.
I just found out Memphis Beat was cancelled for season 3. Are you nuts. That is a great show. The actors and characters were different from the other cop shows. There was no blood and guts but a lot of home town living and crime solving. I thing you really made a big mistake.
you have just dropped the best show you had and kept the crap going. well i guess its so long tnt. never talked to anyone about the show that did not love it
i am sorry tnt decided to cancel this show it was very different from your other cop shows hoping that mayb e tnt will change there minds.
Really loved memphis beat. Loved the music and the actors. Think you made a really big mistake!!!
Unbelievable.Seriously??Cancelled??While you leave us with crap to watch on your networkI’m glad to say that there’s some really good programming on the other ones.So long TNT I guess you’re only good for the NBA now
Can’t believe this show is cancelled. Guess if a show doesn’t have graphic violence or explicit sexual “situations” it gets the ax. Pity. We watch television to be informed or entertained. This show certainly was entertaining and the characters were well developed. Such personality instead of grit and gore. Shame on you TNT! We have lost our sense of good taste.