Catch the All-New Series of Memphis Beat tonight on TNT 10/9c

This offbeat series stars Jason Lee (My Name is Earl) as Dwight Hendricks, a quirky Memphis police detective with an intimate connection to the city, a passion for blues music and a close relationship with his mother. Alfre Woodard (Three Rivers) plays Lt. Tanya Rice, a demanding boss determined to keep Dwight on a short leash. Also starring in MEMPHIS BEAT are Celia Weston (Junebug) as Dwight’s mother; Sam Hennings as Charlie White, aka Whitehead, his partner; Robyn Lively (Saving Grace) as Charlene, Dwight’s ex-wife; Leonard Earl Howze (Barbershop) as Reginald Greenback, a detective who works with Dwight and Whitehead; Abraham Benrubi (ER), a detective who uses Chickasaw tribal wisdom in his work; and DJ Qualls (My Name Is Earl) as Sutton, Dwight’s protégé.

MEMPHIS BEAT comes to TNT from George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures and Warner Horizon Television. The pilot was directed by Emmy nominee Clark Johnson (The Shield) from a script by Liz W. Garcia (Cold Case) and actor Joshua Harto (The Dark Knight). Clooney, Heslov and Garcia serve as executive producers. Henry Bronchtein (The Sopranos) and Smokehouse’s Abby Wolf-Weiss are co-executive producers, and Harto is a producer. In addition, Johnson served as executive-producer on the pilot.