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[[File:Memphis_Beat_Cast_Season_2-1205-590-700-80_3981.jpg|frame|L-to-R: Det. Greenback, Det. Whitehead, Lt. Rice, Dwight, Ofc. Sutton]]
''Memphis Beat'' is an hour-long cop [[Dramedy]] on Turner Network Television (TNT). It stars [[My Name Is Earl|Jason Lee]] as Detective Dwight Hendricks of the Memphis Police Department. The show is something of a throwback to [[The Eighties|80s]] cop dramas where the detectives were quirky and unconventional, his boss (in this case Alfre Woodard as Lt. Tanya Rice) was a by-the-book commander frustrated by said lead and his fellow cops served mostly as straight men to him (with the requisite awkward rookie, here played by D.J. Qualls.).
Though the show is set in Memphis, it is shot mostly in New Orleans (for tax reasons). Ratings were good for the first season, but not without criticism (particularly from Memphis locals) that the show was Memphis-based in name only: The On-Screen Memphis is basically New Orleans-by-way-of-[[In the Heat of
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* [[Black Boss Lady]]: Lt. Tanya Rice
* [[California Doubling]]: The show's titular setting is Memphis, TN. The show itself (aside from the occasional establishing shot of Memphis landmarks) is shot in New Orleans, LA -- about 260 miles to the southwest.
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* [[Momma's Boy]]: Dwight is unapologetically devoted to his mother, Paula.
* [[Outlaw Couple]]: in "Identity Crisis" {{spoiler|the twist is that there are TWO Bonnies: the latter the girlfriend, the former is his mother.}}
* [[Screwed
* [[Shining City]]: Most of the main cast (and many of the perps) treat Memphis as such.
* [[Southern-Fried Genius]]: Dwight
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