Miami Vice (TV series)
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Miami Vice is a stylish 1980s American crime drama television series that follows two undercover detectives in Miami and is renowned for its music, fashion, and cinematic visual flair.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miami Vice | 5 |
| Miami Vice (TV series) canonical | 3 |
| Miami Vice (television series) | 1 |
| television series "Miami Vice" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8620763 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miami Vice (TV series) Context triple: [Oliver Wood, workedOn, Miami Vice (TV series)]
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A.
Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is an influential American police drama television series that aired in the 1980s, renowned for its ensemble cast, gritty realism, and innovative, serialized storytelling.
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B.
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is a critically acclaimed American television police drama series that aired from 1993 to 2005, known for its gritty realism and boundary-pushing portrayal of New York City detectives.
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C.
CHiPs
CHiPs is an American television drama series from the late 1970s and early 1980s that follows the adventures of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol.
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D.
T.J. Hooker (TV series)
T.J. Hooker is an American police drama television series from the 1980s starring William Shatner as a veteran cop training new recruits.
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E.
Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series that follows the lives of New York City police officers, firefighters, and paramedics working the 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miami Vice (TV series) Target entity description: Miami Vice is a stylish 1980s American crime drama television series that follows two undercover detectives in Miami and is renowned for its music, fashion, and cinematic visual flair.
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A.
Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is an influential American police drama television series that aired in the 1980s, renowned for its ensemble cast, gritty realism, and innovative, serialized storytelling.
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B.
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is a critically acclaimed American television police drama series that aired from 1993 to 2005, known for its gritty realism and boundary-pushing portrayal of New York City detectives.
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C.
CHiPs
CHiPs is an American television drama series from the late 1970s and early 1980s that follows the adventures of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol.
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D.
T.J. Hooker (TV series)
T.J. Hooker is an American police drama television series from the 1980s starring William Shatner as a veteran cop training new recruits.
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E.
Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series that follows the lives of New York City police officers, firefighters, and paramedics working the 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | American television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | stereo ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | hour-long episodes ⓘ |
| character |
James "Sonny" Crockett
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lieutenant Martin Castillo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Jan Hammer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Anthony Yerkovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Michael Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Michael Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Miami, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1984-09-16 ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ police procedural ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| influenced | later stylized crime dramas on television ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1989-01-25 ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett
ⓘ
Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on 1980s fashion
ⓘ
stylish visual flair ⓘ use of contemporary popular music ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 111 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 5 ⓘ |
| openingTheme | "Miami Vice Theme" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingThemeComposer | Jan Hammer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOnDay | Friday night ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| originalRunStartDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
NTSC color television standard
ⓘ
surface form:
NTSC
|
| portrays | undercover detectives in Miami ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInFictionalUnit | Metro-Dade Police Department Vice Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Miami, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spinOffOrRelatedWork | Miami Vice (2006 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Don Johnson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward James Olmos NERFINISHED ⓘ John Diehl NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Talbott NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivia Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Michael Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Saundra Santiago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Miami Vice (TV series) Description of subject: Miami Vice is a stylish 1980s American crime drama television series that follows two undercover detectives in Miami and is renowned for its music, fashion, and cinematic visual flair.
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Miami Vice (television series)
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television series "Miami Vice"