Max Headroom

Name: Max Headroom
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 1987-03-31
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Matt Frewer, Chris Young, Jeffrey Tambor, William Morgan Sheppard, Concetta Tomei

ENDED2 Seasons14 Episodes★ 6.9

Max Headroom is a drama series on ABC that ran from 1987 to 1988, ending after 2 seasons and 14 episodes.

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NetworkABC

First AiredMar 31, 1987

Last AiredMay 12, 1988

GenreDrama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Runtime60 min

Created ByAnnabel Jankel, Rocky Morton

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

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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Cast

Matt Frewer

Edison Carter / Max Headroom

Chris Young

Bryce Lynch

Jeffrey Tambor

Murray

William Morgan Sheppard

Blank Reg

Concetta Tomei

Blank Dominique

Amanda Pays

Theora Jones

George Coe

Ben Cheviot

Lee Wilkof

Edwards

Seasons & Episodes2 seasons · 14 episodes

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E1Academy

Sep 18, 198747m

Network 23 becomes the victim of signal zipping - illegal interruption of their satellite feed. When Bryce tracks the zipping to Big Time Television, Reg is arrested and sent for trial by gameshow on ""You the Jury"". Meanwhile Edison and Theora trace the real zippers to the Academy of Computer Sciences, and Bryce's old schoolfriends.

E2Deities

Sep 25, 198748m

The Vu-Age Church is running a phony resurrection service, claiming to be able to store cortical scans of its members and keep them on-line for the day when cloning is perfected and their personalities can be placed in new bodies. Edison is reluctant to pursue the story because Vu- Age's leading televangelist, Vanna Smith, is an old flame.

E3Grossberg's Return

Oct 2, 198748m

Rival Network 66 attempts to defeat Network 23 in a ratings-based election by introducing a ""watch while you sleep"" device into its programming to cause people to leave their TV sets on all night.

E4Dream Thieves

Oct 9, 198748m

Some shady entrepreneurs are stealing people's dreams and selling them to the highest bidders. Edison goes undercover to expose their lethal business.

E5Whacketts

Oct 16, 198748m

A video narcotic is causing people to leave their TVs tuned to Big Time Television twenty-four hours a day.

E6Neurostim

Apr 28, 198848m

Zik-Zak introduces Neurostim, a device to directly stimulate the brain and bypass the need to use television for advertising.

E7Lessons

May 5, 198848m

Network 23 censors go a step too far when they try to shut down a secret school in the fringes, because it's using pirated Network 23 instructional programming.

E8Baby Grobags

May 12, 198848m

Edison Carter is on the trail of some rather dark people who are stealing babies from the baby pods where they are grown while Bryce carefully considers working for Grossberg and channel 66.

About Max Headroom

Max Headroom is a drama, sci-fi & fantasy series on ABC. The show first aired on Mar 31, 1987 and currently has 2 seasons and 14 episodes. Max Headroom has ended. It has a rating of 6.9/10 based on 80 votes. The cast includes Matt Frewer, Chris Young, Jeffrey Tambor, William Morgan Sheppard, Concetta Tomei. Created by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton.