Miami Vice
It's from 1984, before you were born.
- Network
- NBC
- Genre
- Crime drama
- Premiered
- 1984
- Known for
- pastel style & pop soundtrack
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About
As of 2026, it's 42 years old.
Miami Vice was less a cop show than a two-hour music video about pastel suits, neon nights, and the radical idea that a detective could fight crime in a linen blazer with no socks. It made style the actual co-star, and the look — and that synth-drenched theme — basically defined the entire aesthetic of the 1980s.
Beneath the fashion was a genuinely moody, influential crime drama, but let's be honest: people remember the sockless loafers and the Ferrari.
Stylish, atmospheric, and impossibly cool, Miami Vice is the show that proved fashion could carry a crime drama and made 'no socks' a power move.
Miami Vice season by season
Miami Vice ran for 5 seasons (1984–1988) across 110 episodes. You're older than the seasons in green.
