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| Lew Oehmig | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Lewis West Oehmig |
| Born | May 11, 1916 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Died | September 25, 2002 (aged 86) Nashville, Tennessee, US |
| Spouse | Mary King Oehmig |
| Children | 2 |
| Career | |
| Status | Amateur |
==Miami Vice==
The story for the show was originally conceived by 32 year old Tony Yerkovitch. It was to be a motion picture with the working title "Dade County" or "Gold Coast". In 1983, Yerkovitch was working at MCA/Universal and his chief creative partner there was 28 year-old McCluggage, then senior vice-president of creative affairs for the company’s TV division, Universal Television.[1] McCluggage had already overseen the development of Magnum, P.I., Murder She Wrote, and The A Team, and carried significant influence despite his youth. Universal's Film Division had just committed to make Scarface and they did not want another Miami crime drama. McCluggage said, "We sent Tony [Yerkovitch] to Miami to do some on-site research, and he came back enthused about doing his project as a TV series.[1]
With the urging of McCluggage and MCA/Universal president Robert Harris, Yerkovich sold the project to them as a weekly series instead of a theatrical feature. He began writing the pilot for it.[1]
The lead characters were cast and the cinematic style of the series was set by the pilot. But early in the filming of it, McCluggage and Yerkovitch agreed the Don Johnson's performance as seen in the dailies was showing too much emotional rawness, which they said was like "channeling Nick Nolte".[1] They flew to Miami to meet with Don Johnson and ask for a different approach to playing Sonny Crockett’s character. He was receptive and was able to make a quick change of course.[1]
According to film critic Matt Seitz,
- It soon became one of the hippest series in TV history to guest-star on, especially if you were a musician or a real-life political figure. Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, G. Gordon Liddy, Sheena Easton, Vanity, Captain Lou Albano, Chrysler boss Lee Iacocca, Leonard Cohen, and Thief co-star Willie Nelson all took turns charming, tormenting, or baffling Crockett and Tubbs.[1]
The show received 15 Emmy nominations.