TV series

Max Headroom

Name: Max Headroom
Released: 1987
Cast: Matt Frewer, Chris Young, Jeffrey Tambor, William Morgan Sheppard, Concetta Tomei

1987–1988· 2 seasons· 60 min episodesTV-PG★ 7.0Ended

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Synopsis

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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E1 BlipvertsNext upMar 31, 1987 · 60 min
Synopsis
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".
Guest stars: Billie Bird
E2 RakersApr 7, 1987 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Sherman Howard (Simon Peller), Lee de Broux, Joseph Ruskin (Promoter), Wynn Irwin
E3 Body BanksApr 14, 1987 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: John Winston, Juliette Cummins (Paula)
E4 Security SystemsApr 21, 1987 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Carol Mayo Jenkins
E5 WarApr 28, 1987 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
E6 The BlanksMay 5, 1987 · 48 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Sherman Howard, Sandra Sexton