Here's John Beifuss' story on "Memphis Beat" in The Commercial Appeal. Although the producers wanted to shoot in Memphis and worked with the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission to try to make it happen, the incentives in Louisiana were too generous for them to ignore.
Produced by Warner Horizon Television and George Clooney's Smoke House Pictures, "Memphis Beat" has brought "some cast and crew members to Memphis a couple of times to capture footage of characters cruising down Beale Street, contemplating the Mississippi River, rolling past the Pyramid, and so on."
There is a lot of Memphis music in the series, including more than a half-dozen recordings such as "Time Is Tight" by Booker T. & the MGs, "Walking the Dog" by Rufus Thomas, "Born Under a Bad Sign" by Albert King and "Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield, from her album Dusty in Memphis.
