Originally Posted by LaRondo

I've been on location in Miami Beach during the shooting of the pilot movie in early '84. They shot at the Miami Beach Marina where Crockett's boat was and on Ocean Drive, South Beach. Nobody paid attention.

Later as the show chaught fire, they relocated to shooting in studios only. It's clearly visible throughout the series.

I haven't seen the remake, but I doubt it is able to catch the moment in time when the heat was on in Miami.
Particularly, since it came to the screen after Brian De Palma's 'Scarface' w/ Al Pacino had unleashed a wave of violence among "drugsters" in Miami.