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Max Headroom

Max Headroom

TV-PG1987•1h 0m•6.9/10
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Ratings

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6.9/10(72)

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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Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

March 31, 1987

Last Aired

May 12, 1988

Networks

ABC

Created By

Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Blipverts
E1
Blipverts
Air date: 1987-03-31
In the near future, when TVs can't be shut off and ratings are all that matter, investigative reporter Edison Carter and his computer-generated alter ego Max Headroom battle to keep the "blank" generation informed. In the opener, Carter stumbles across his own network's cover-up of a sometimes deadly new form of TV advertising called "blipverts".
Rakers
E2
Rakers
Air date: 1987-04-07
Theora goes AWOL when she learns her estranged brother is involved in the brutal and dangerous ""sport"" of raking, which the promoters are trying to have legalized and televised.
Body Banks
E3
Body Banks
Air date: 1987-04-14
Breughel and Mahler are stealing live bodies from the Fringes and selling them to Nightingales Body Bank. The wealthy Plantaganet wants pituitarys from the bodies for an operation which could save his aging mother. While Carter races to save a Fringer girl's life, Cheviot is more concerned that Max is offending Network 23's biggest sponsor, ZikZak, who have decided to buy him.
Security Systems
E4
Security Systems
Air date: 1987-04-21
Carter is accused of credit fraud and becomes a fugitive after delving into the hostile takeover of Security Systems, the world's most powerful corporation.
War
E5
War
Air date: 1987-04-28
In the middle of a global ratings sweep programmer packager Frank Braddock tries to sell Network 23 a package covering the activities of a terrorist group, the White Brigade. Edison and Murray become suspicious when Breakthru TV, who have bought the package, start broadcasting terrorist bombings as soon as they occur.
The Blanks
E6
The Blanks
Air date: 1987-05-05
As the ""blanks"" -- undesirables with no computer records -- are rounded up and arrested, the networks face permanent cancellation by hackers who threaten to crash the city's entire computer system if their companions aren't released.

Cast

Matt Frewer

Matt Frewer

Edison Carter / Max Headroom

Chris Young

Chris Young

Bryce Lynch

Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor

Murray

William Morgan Sheppard

William Morgan Sheppard

Blank Reg

Concetta Tomei

Concetta Tomei

Blank Dominique

Amanda Pays

Amanda Pays

Theora Jones

George Coe

George Coe

Ben Cheviot

Lee Wilkof

Lee Wilkof

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