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He might be a little over qualified. for a job adds a line prosecutor. before he could change his mind i said when can you start. >> that is who he is. at his core that's the work he loves. the most. >> this was whn we were having enormous spikes in the murder rate in the district. it was very serious problem. people were trying to find a way out of what was a very dangerous and desperate situation. there was a need for people who had these skills and ability. and the dedication of the rule of law. like bob muellerer to take the role. >> we can almost picker mueller being a 90s cop show. he wo...

>> 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 screen 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 a new wave cop show. >> it's a cop show for the '80s. we use a lot of mtv images and rock mu...

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.

>> 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. >> 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. i thought this is it. this is great. this is going to be as innovative as anything i have ever done. ...

It's a show with an old theme but a lot of new twists. described by one critic as containing flashes of brilliance. 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 yorkavich's pilot screen 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 ...