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>> you could sense the successful creators trying to see how they could do things different five or ten years ago. sometimes that led to really challenging network television that was cool and fun to watch. and sometimes, it just seemed to fall off the edge a little bit. ♪ lets be careful out there ♪ >> at the time, steven bochco was a very successful producer of our dramas and wanted to try something brand new. >> were the police! we have a warrant for your arrest. >> so his idea was to com...

>> friday nights on nbc are different this season thanks to "miami vice." its a show with an old theme but a lot of new twists. described by one critic as containing flashes of brilliance nonetheless. shot entirely on location in south miami, the story centers around two undercover vice cops. >> i dont know how this is going to work, tubbs. i mean, not exactly up my alley style and persona-wise. heaven knows im no box of candy. >> television very much was the small screen. what was interesting a...

That was cool and fun to watch. and sometimes it seemed to fall off the edge a little bit. ♪ lets be careful out there ♪ >> at the time, steven bochco was a very successful producer of hour dramas and wanted to try something brand-new. >> were the police! we have a warrant for your arrest. >> so his idea was to combine a gritty cop show with a broadway musical. >> i saw one in which a bunch of gang bangers were in jail. they began to sing. life in the hood aint no pizza pie, everybody die wh...

>> when quality does emerge on television, the phrase too good for tv is often heard. one reason network offering that seems to deserve that phrase is "hill street blue." hill street is one of the changing point of the entire industry of tv. we have all watched documentary about cops and had this real hand he wld in the moment that were enable of. >> the minute you looked at it, it looked different. it had a move to it. you can smell the stale coffee. we didnt want to do a standard cop show wher...

>> its just pure science fiction. thats probably what i like most about it. >> the "x files" changed the way people watched television. >> you could sense the successful creators trying to see how they could do things different five or ten years ago. sometimes that led to really challenging network television that was cool and fun to watch. and sometimes it seemed to fall off the edge a little bit. ♪ lets be careful out there ♪ >> at the time, steven bochco was a very successful producer of ...

Person. thats what happened in the brandon lee shooting death in 1993. carolina investigators concluded there was plenty of negligence. >> reporter: the tragedy now having widespread impact. abcs cop show "the rookie" announced it will no longer allow live weapons onset with 80,000 people signing a petition to ban them industry wide. >> why would you bring a live gun onset when you could use a prop gun? >> reporter: new mexicos governor calling for safety protocols by the industry. alex? >> emil...

I mean, youre not exactly up my alley style and persona-wise. heaven knows im no box of candy. >> television very much was the small screen. what was interesting about tony yerkovichs pilot screenplay for "miami vice," it was very much not that. very much the approach was, okay, they call this a television series. but were going to make one-hour movies every single week. >> here we go. stand by. >> action! >> police! police! >> they were describing the show as sort of a new wave cop show. >> yea...

The following movie is rated r. >> in 1990, 91, there was not a whole lot of original programing for cable, but they were airing movies. so we needed to compete and i felt that if we didnt, we were going to kind of get swept out. so i came up with a notion of doing a cop show that was r rated. when abcs broadcast standards read our script, they went berserk. >> i was sitting with a pad and a pencil drawing pictures of breasts to try to show them what we would show and what we wouldnt show. grown...

>> friday nights on nbc are different this season thanks to "miami vice.” its a show with an old theme but a lot of new twists. described by one critic as containing flashes of brilliance nonetheless, shot entirely on location in south miami, the story centers around two undercover vice cops. >> i dont know how this is going to work, tubbs. i mean youre not exactly up my alley style and persona-wise. heaven knows im no box of candy. >> television very much was the small screen. it was interest...

Of hour dramas and wanted to try something brand-new. >> were the police! we have a warrant for your arrest. >> so his idea was to combine a gritty cop show with a broadway musical. >> i saw one in which a bunch of gang bangers were in jail. they began to sing. life in the hood aint no pizza pie, everybody die when the bullets fly. ♪ life in the hood aint no pizza pie, people die when bullets fly ♪ >> and i said wait a minute. >> and i thought well, this is it. this is great. this is going t...