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♪ let's be careful out there ♪ >> at the time, steven bochco was a very successful producer of hour dramas and wanted to try something brand-new. >> we're the police! we have a warrant for your arrest. >> and 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. and they began to sing -- ♪ life in the hood ain't no pizza pie ♪ ♪ everybody can die wihen the bullets fly ♪ >> and i said wait a minute. i thought this is it. this is great. this is going to be as innovative as anything i have ever done. ♪ he i...

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 didn't, we were going to, you know, kind of get swept out. so i came up with a notion of doing a cop show that was r-rated. when abc's 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 wouldn't show. grown-ups sitting in a room doodling. >> then we started on the language. >> >> we heard...

"miami vice." it's 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 don't know how this is going to work, tubbs. i mean, not exactly up my alley style and persona-wise. heaven knows i'm no box of candy. >> television very much was the small screen. what was interesting about tony yerkovich's pilot screenplay for "miami vice," it was very much not that. very much the approach was, okay, they call this a television series. bu...

So we needed to compete and i felt if we didn't we were going to kind of get swept out. >> son of a -- >> and so i came up with a notion of doing a cop show that was r-rated. when abc's broadcast standards read our script they went berserk. ♪ >> i was sitting with a pad and a pencil drawing pictures of breasts to show them what we would and wouldn't show. grown-ups sitting in a room good ling. >> then we started in on the language. >> some reporter called the -- brains of a flea. >> the show premiered with an advertising boycott. >> tft an immediate hit it lasted four weeks. >> light them up...

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 don't know how this is going to work, tubbs. i mean you're not exactly up my alley style and persona-wise. heaven knows i'm no box of candy. >> television very much was the small screen. it was interesting about tony's pilot screen play for "miami vice.” it was not that. very much the approach was, okay, they call this a television series. but we're going to make one-hour movies every s...