Miami Vice

"All in all, the careful, detailed analysis of the various contextsof network television turns this study into a useful handbookespecially for film students who can use it as blueprint foranalysing other series." (European Journal of American Studies,2011)
"[Lyons] displays, in addition to still other virtues, anattentiveness to visual texture and theme as refined as that in thebest film criticism. This book offers the richest account of asingle television program I ve ever read, describing a definingshow of the Reagan years...Lyons s treatment of the series conflicted ideology is equally illuminating." (Cinema Journal, 1June 2011)