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Max Headroom

Max Headroom

Max Headroom

1987 2 Seasons 14 Episodes ⭐ 6.9 Drama Sci-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?

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?

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Blipverts

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

EP 2

Rakers

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

EP 3

Body Banks

Breughel and Mahler are stealing live bodies from the Fringes and selling them to Nightingales Body Bank. The wealthy Pl

EP 4

Security Systems

Carter is accused of credit fraud and becomes a fugitive after delving into the hostile takeover of Security Systems, th

EP 5

War

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

EP 6

The Blanks

As the ""blanks"" -- undesirables with no computer records -- are rounded up and arrested, the networks face permanent c

EP 1

Academy

Network 23 becomes the victim of signal zipping - illegal interruption of their satellite feed. When Bryce tracks the z

EP 2

Deities

The Vu-Age Church is running a phony resurrection service, claiming to be able to store cortical scans of its members an

EP 3

Grossberg's Return

Rival Network 66 attempts to defeat Network 23 in a ratings-based election by introducing a ""watch while you sleep"" de

EP 4

Dream Thieves

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

EP 5

Whacketts

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

EP 6

Neurostim

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

EP 7

Lessons

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

EP 8

Baby Grobags

Edison Carter is on the trail of some rather dark people who are stealing babies from the baby pods where they are grown

Popular 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

Edwards