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Episode Detail: Rakers - Max Headroom

Theora (Amanda Pays) runs off to help her estranged brother, who's competing in a brutal sport that promoters want legalized and televised. Carter/Max: Matt Frewer. Shawn: Peter Cohl. Jack Friday: Wortham Krimmer. Rik: J.W. Smith. Promoter: Joseph Ruskin.
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Premiered: March 31, 1987, on ABC
Rating: TV-PG
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Premise: Innovative cult fave about a reporter and his computer-generated alter ego in a futuristic society in which TV sets can't be turned off. The title character originated on a music-video show in England, but takes on a whole new life in this series that's enjoyable on several levels. Most satisfyingly, `Max' is a caustic sendup of the medium, but it's also an imaginative foray into science fiction and an old-fashioned, good guys vs. bad guys tale.

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