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Miami Vice
Miami Vice Season 2 Logo sm.jpg
Genre
Created by Anthony Yerkovich
Starring Don Johnson
Philip Michael Thomas
Saundra Santiago
Michael Talbott
John Diehl (seasons 1-3)
Olivia Brown
Gregory Sierra (first four episodes)
Edward James Olmos (remainder of series)
Theme music composer Jan Hammer
Opening theme Miami Vice Theme
Ending theme Miami Vice Theme
Composer(s) Jan Hammer (S1–4)
Tim Truman (S5)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 112 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Michael Mann
Anthony Yerkovich (exec: S1)
George Geiger (Co-exec: S4)
Dick Wolf (Co-exec: S4)
Robert Ward (Co-exec: S5)
Richard Brams (Co-exec: S5)
Producer(s) John Nicolella (S1–2)
Richard Brams (Co-prod: S1–2)
Dick Wolf (Co-prod: S3)
Running time 48 minutes, plus three 96-minute episodes
(excluding commercials)
Production company(s) Michael Mann Productions
Universal Television
Distributor NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network NBC
Picture format SDTV
Audio format Stereo (seasons 1–5)
Dolby Digital 5.1 (DVD)
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (Blu-ray Disc)
Original release September 16, 1984 (1984-09-16) – June 28, 1989 (1989-06-28)
External links
Website www.nbc.com/classic-tv/miami-vice

Miami Vice is an American television crime drama series created by Anthony Yerkovich and executive produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs, two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. The series ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984 to 1989. The USA Network began airing reruns in 1988, and broadcast an originally unaired episode during its syndication run of the series on January 25, 1990.

Unlike standard police procedurals, the show drew heavily upon 1980s New Wave culture and music. The show became noted for its integration of music and visual effects. It has been called one of the "Top 50 TV Shows".People magazine stated that Miami Vice was the "first show to look really new and different since color TV was invented".

Michael Mann directed a film adaptation of the series, which was released on July 28, 2006.

Vin Diesel and Chris Morgan are working on a TV series reboot that could be part of the NBC 2018–19 TV season.

The head of NBC's Entertainment Division, Brandon Tartikoff, wrote a brainstorming memo that simply read "MTV cops", and later presented it to series creator Anthony Yerkovich, formerly a writer and producer for Hill Street Blues. Yerkovich, however, indicates that he devised the concept after learning about asset forfeiture statutes that allowed law enforcement agencies to confiscate the property of alleged drug dealers for official use. The initial idea was for a movie about a pair of vice cops in Miami. Yerkovich then turned out a script for a two-hour pilot, titled Gold Coast, but later renamed Miami Vice. Yerkovich was immediately drawn to South Florida as a setting for his new-style police show.Miami Vice was one of the first American network television programs to be broadcast in stereophonic sound. It was mixed in 4 channel stereo for its entire run.


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