Anthony Yerkovich
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Anthony Yerkovich is an American television producer
and writer.
He is best known for creating the 1980s cop show Miami Vice
. He served as the show's executive producer along with Michael Mann
before handing over full executive responsibilities to Mann after only six episodes. His other television credits include Big Apple as executive producer, Private Eye as creator, Hill Street Blues
as a writer and supervising producer, Hart to Hart
and 240-Robert
as a writer. He also wrote the made-for-TV film Hollywood Confidential starring Edward James Olmos
and most recently reunited with Mann to executive produce the Miami Vice
film.
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
and writer.
He is best known for creating the 1980s cop show Miami Vice
Miami Vice
Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...
. He served as the show's executive producer along with Michael Mann
Michael Mann (film director)
Michael Kenneth Mann is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. For his work, he has received nominations from international organizations and juries, including those at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Cannes and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
before handing over full executive responsibilities to Mann after only six episodes. His other television credits include Big Apple as executive producer, Private Eye as creator, Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations ...
as a writer and supervising producer, Hart to Hart
Hart to Hart
Hart to Hart is an American television series, starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a wealthy couple who also moonlighted as amateur detectives. The series was created by writer Sidney Sheldon and produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg...
and 240-Robert
240-Robert
240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's search and rescue/paramedic teams.-Synopsis:...
as a writer. He also wrote the made-for-TV film Hollywood Confidential starring Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos is an American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt...
and most recently reunited with Mann to executive produce the Miami Vice
Miami Vice (film)
Miami Vice is a 2006 American crime drama film about two Miami police detectives, Crockett and Tubbs, who go undercover to fight drug trafficking operations. The film is a loose adaptation of the 1980s TV series of the same name, written, produced, and directed by Michael Mann...
film.