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Max Headroom

Max Headroom
★ 7.0/10•1987•1h 0m•TV-PG•Drama•Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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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?

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 31, 1987

Episodes

Episode 1 - BlipvertsE160m

Blipverts

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".

Mar 31, 1987

Episode 2 - RakersE260m

Rakers

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.

Apr 7, 1987

Episode 3 - Body BanksE360m

Body Banks

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.

Apr 14, 1987

Episode 4 - Security SystemsE460m

Security Systems

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.

Apr 21, 1987

Episode 5 - WarE560m

War

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.

Apr 28, 1987

Episode 6 - The BlanksE648m

The Blanks

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.

May 5, 1987

Actors

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

Edwards

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