Can You Watch Miami Vice Episodes On Streaming?

Philip Michael Thomas and Don Johnson in Miami Vice.

By Phillip Swann
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TV Answer Man, do you know how you can watch the old NBC show, Miami Vice, with Don Johnson, on streaming. I loved that show!! — Winnie, Salina, Kansas.

Winnie, Miami Vice, the NBC dramatic series which ran from 1984 to 1989, starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as Armani-clad undercover detectives battling bad guys during the 1980s cocaine rush in southern Florida.

The show, which featured the guiding hand of executive producer Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral), was arguably the first prestige TV show in our history. Miami Vice episodes, which were often accompanied by moody hit tunes from musicians such as Phil Collins, Russ Ballard and Glenn Frey, looked and felt more like cinema than primetime TV.

Vice also benefited from an incredible procession of young supporting players who later went on to become stars on their own, including Bruce Willis, Jimmy Smits, Michael Madsen, John Turturro, Michael Richards, Bill Paxton, Helena Bonham Carter and Annette Bening, among many others.

Pre-Die Hard Bruce Willis in season one of Miami Vice.

But now that I have whet your appetite, the question is: Is Miami Vice available on streaming. Answer: Yes! It used to be on Tubi but was removed during the spring. However, it’s now on the Universal Action channel on Pluto TV. (Yes, it includes ads but so what? So did the original airings on NBC, right?)

You can watch Miami Vice on PlutoTV here.

Winnie, hope that helps. Happy viewing and stay safe!

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