Miami Vice
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| Genre |
Action, Crime drama Neo-noir |
| Created by | Anthony Yerkovich |
| Starring |
Don Johnson Philip Michael Thomas Saundra Santiago Michael Talbott John Diehl Olivia Brown Gregory Sierra Edward James Olmos |
| 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 |
| Distributor |
Universal Television NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | SDTV |
| Audio format |
Mono (season 1) Stereo (seasons 2–5) Dolby Digital 5.1 (DVD) |
| Original release | September 16, 1984 – June 28, 1989 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Miami Vice is an American television crime drama series created by Anthony Yerkovich and 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 is recognized as one of the most influential television series of all time.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.
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 convicted 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 stereo for its entire run, but not actually broadcast in stereo until 1985.
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