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Max Headroom (1987)

7.0 2 seasons 14 episodes Ended

DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Television networks battle one another in an unrelenting ratings war. Whoever controls the airwaves controls the dystopic world in which they broadcast. So when Network 23's star reporter, Edison Carter, uncovers a deadly secret that could shake up the station's dominion over its viewers, the only option is to eliminate Carter before he can make his story public. After Carter's "accident," his mind is uploaded to create the world's first self-aware, computer-generated TV host — Max Headroom! But will Max bow to his creators? Or will he be the key to his human alter ago bringing down a network superpower?

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Seasons & episodes

BlipvertsMar 31, 1987 · 1h 0m

In the near future, when TVs can't be shut off and ratings are all that matter, investigative reporter Edison Carter and his computer-gener…

RakersApr 7, 1987 · 1h 0m

Theora goes AWOL when she learns her estranged brother is involved in the brutal and dangerous ""sport"" of raking, which the promoters are…

Body BanksApr 14, 1987 · 1h 0m

Breughel and Mahler are stealing live bodies from the Fringes and selling them to Nightingales Body Bank. The wealthy Plantaganet wants pit…

Security SystemsApr 21, 1987 · 1h 0m

Carter is accused of credit fraud and becomes a fugitive after delving into the hostile takeover of Security Systems, the world's most powe…

WarApr 28, 1987 · 1h 0m

In the middle of a global ratings sweep programmer packager Frank Braddock tries to sell Network 23 a package covering the activities of a…

The BlanksMay 5, 1987 · 48m

As the ""blanks"" -- undesirables with no computer records -- are rounded up and arrested, the networks face permanent cancellation by hack…

Cast

Matt FrewerEdison Carter / Max Headroom

Chris YoungBryce Lynch

Jeffrey TamborMurray

William Morgan SheppardBlank Reg

Concetta TomeiBlank Dominique

Amanda PaysTheora Jones

George CoeBen Cheviot

Lee WilkofEdwards