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Person. that's 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. abc's 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 mexico's governor calling for safety protocols by the industry. alex? >> emily, thank you for that report. we'll bring in david henderson, former prosecutor and the cnbc cont...

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. 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. but we're 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. >> yeah, it's a cop show for the '80s. i mean, we use a lot of mtv images and rock music to help descr...

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 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.

>> friday nights on nbc are different this season thanks to "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 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 w...

Of hour dramas and wanted to try something brand-new. >> we're 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 ain't no pizza pie, everybody die when the bullets fly. ♪ life in the hood ain't 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 to be as innovative as anything i have ever done. ♪ he is guilty, he is guilty, judge, you can s...