Yerkovich then wrote a script for a two-hour pilot, titled Gold Coast, but later renamed it to Miami Vice. The initial idea was for a movie about a pair of vice cops in Miami. Yerkovich, however, has indicated he devised the concept after learning about asset forfeiture statutes allowing law enforcement agencies to confiscate the property of drug dealers for official use. One version of events states that 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.

Michael Mann directed a film adaptation of the series, which was released July 28, 2006. People magazine states that Miami Vice was the 'first show to look really new and different since color TV was invented'. Unlike standard police procedurals, the show drew heavily upon 1980s New Wave culture and is noted for its integration of contemporary pop and rock music and stylish or stylized visuals. 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. The series ran for five seasons on NBC from Septemto January 25, 1990. The series stars Don Johnson as James 'Sonny' Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs, two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. Miami Vice is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann for NBC.

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