Each episode cost around $1.3 million to make, some 30% more than most other police series at the time. High production values also helped embellish this unique visual style, with cinematography that rivalled that of many movies, atypical of other 1980s television series. The realism this location shooting brought about, with an emphasis on the art deco design prevalent in the buildings of the city, helped the show stand out from contemporary police series. Unusually for an American TV series, the show was shot on location in Miami, despite threats to move the production from the city later in the show's run due to the high costs it entailed. Later during the production the title was changed to Miami Vice, and the legendary series was born. Yerkovich created his script, initially called Gold Coast, about two Miami-based Vice cops working undercover to try and stem the influx of narcotics into the city. Yerkovich says the idea grew when they learned of a recently passed law allowing law enforcement agencies to seize property and ill-gotten gains from the criminals they prosecuted and use it in departmental operations (this law is even referenced by name in the episode ' Golden Triangle (Part II)'). He presented the memo to Anthony Yerkovich, previously a writer and producer on another NBC police series, Hill Street Blues. The show was the brainchild of then-NBC program executive Brandon Tartikoff, who, according to legend, wrote a memo on a napkin simply stating 'MTV Cops' (referencing the unprecedented success of the Music Television network). 7.2 Seasons 3 & 4 (The Dick Wolf Years).In August, 2017, NBC announced that a reboot of the series, to be executive produced by actor Vin Diesel, is in development, but broadcast is still TBD as of 2022 A movie adaptation, directed by Michael Mann and starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx in the lead roles, was released in July 2006 to mixed reviews. The entire series was released on DVD between Februand June 26, 2007. The USA Network subsequently broadcast one unaired episode in January 1990. It ran for five seasons on NBC from September 1984 through June 1989. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade (now known as Miami-Dade) Vice detectives working undercover in Miami's drug and prostitution underworld. The show became noted for its heavy integration of pop music and visual effects to tell a story. Miami Vice is a 1984 television series produced by Michael Mann for the NBC network. For other uses, see Miami Vice (Disambiguation).

This article is about the original 1980s TV series.

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