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TV series

Max Headroom

31 Mar 1987 2 seasons · 14 episodes 7.0/10 (81) EN

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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Created by
Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
Networks
ABC
Countries
United States

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

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