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Key Points:

• The show's guest stars usually played the protagonists of each episode, but episodes focusing on regular cast members often centered on Tubbs, the main undercover officer, reflecting real-life undercover roles.
• Michael Mann served as the auteur of the show, overseeing everything from production design and costume choices to scripts and filming style, despite not having creator credit due to Yerkovich’s pilot script.
• Mann’s influence extended to revitalizing Miami’s art deco architecture and introducing Italian designers to U.S. television costume design, contributing to the show's cinematic quality.
• His work on this show and Crime Story demonstrated the potential of television as a medium, paving the way for the high-quality cable dramas now regarded as peak TV.
• After Mann left the show, Dick Wolf and Don Johnson produced a more conventional, glossy network TV version, which lacked the original’s innovative edge.