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A wide range of television shows, from animated shows like South Park and Beavis and Butthead to sitcoms like Seinfeld and dramas like The Sopranos.

>> okay, here we go. standby. >> action! >> police, police! >> you were just describing the show as sort of a new-wave cop show. >> yeah, its a cop show for the 80s. i mean, we use a lot of mtv images and rock music to help describe the mood and feeling of our show. >> in a lot of ways, you dont get "miami vice" without mtv, because in a lot of ways, "miami vice" was a long video. the music was such a big part of that show. >> there was an allure to using great music that everybody was listening...

About it. >> the x files changed way people watched television. >> you could sense these successful creators try to see how they could do things different than they had done 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. ♪ >> at the time steven bochko was a very successful producer of our dramas and wanted to try something brand new. >> this is the police, we ha...

I would go to alt.tv/x-files. and people were so nuts for this show. >> 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 these 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 ...

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-ups sitting in a room doodling. >> then we started on the language. >> we heard some reporter call it the lowlife with the brains of a flea and the balls of a moth. >...

Tonys pilot screen play for "miami vice,” it was 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! >> you were just describing the show as sort of a new wave cop show. >> yeah, its a cop show for the 80s. we use a lot of mtv images and rock music to help describe the mood and feeling of our show. >> in a lot of ways you dont get "miami vice" without mtv because...

Part of the tv culture that came next. >> freeze! miami vice. >> 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 gonna work, tubbs. i mean, youre not exactly up my alley style- and persona- wise. heaven knows im no box of candy...

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 about tony yerkovichs pilot ...

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-ups sitting in a room doodling. >> then we started on the language. >> we heard it with the brains of a flea and the balls of a moth. >> the program premiered with an advertising boycott. >> channel 7, shame on you! >> but it was such an immediate hit, that boycott lasted, oh, four we...

>> its just pure science fiction. thats probably what i like most about it. >> it 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 hour dramas...