The Shelby County Assessor is calling into question a $1 million Payment In Lieu of Taxes or PILOT program that helped incentivize the filming of NBC’s now-canceled courtroom drama, “Bluff City Law,” in the city of Memphis last year.
NBC has canceled “Bluff City Law,” the show of a father-daughter civil rights law team. The announcement comes as productions in Hollywood, Memphis and across the world screeched to a halt.
While Sydney ends up in handcuffs, Elijah fights to get political asylum for a journalist. And it’s a race against the clock. Without asylum, the journalist will likely face death.
While in Memphis promoting his Christmas album, former "American Idol" contestant Danny Gokey had a few words of wisdom to offer a young Arkansas contestant on "The Voice" about life after the show's spotlight.
Production on Bluff City Law has ended for this season, but not before the crew had a once-in-a-lifetime meeting with a very special patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital battling a terminal cancer.
After the pilot and nine episodes for the first season, NBC Universal ordered six additional scripts. But the network has decided not to shoot them at this time.
Monday’s episode of “Bluff City Law” has Sydney and Elijah trying two separate cases for a former college football star who is dying while Della revisits her past as she prepares for the spotlight.
YWCA Greater Memphis is hosting a special brunch Saturday in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, with Caitlin McGee of Bluff City Law as a featured guest.
We know Elijah and Sydney Strait have not always seen eye to eye as father and daughter, but on episode four of "Bluff City Law" airing Monday, Sydney has doubts about Elijah's decision as her law partner.
Jayne Atkinson, who plays Della, stopped by WMC Action News 5’s studio ahead of the premier of episode 3 - which includes Elijah helping Jake free an innocent man.
“I’m so excited to talk about it. Everyone asks me questions like what is going to hook us in to the show, and I’m like I can’t say,” said Caitlin McGee.
Patrice Bates Thompson couldn’t contain her excitement Monday night seeing her beloved Four Way Grill in Soulsville front and center on NBC’s “Bluff City Law.”
For the past few months, Lauran Stimac and Richard Glassman screened episode scripts and worked on set alongside Caitlin McGee and Jimmy Smits for all the legal scenes to make the show as life-like as possible.
If you’re as excited about “Bluff City Law” as we are, you’re already planning where to watch the premiere. But if you need some ideas, we’ve put together a list of watch parties across Memphis.
The Bluff City had to flex its own grit and grind to make sure the series filmed here. And if it’s picked up for a second season, you can expect another round of fighting to fund it.
