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Max Headroom

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  • 1987-1988
  • 2 Seasons
  • ABC
  • Comedy, Science Fiction
  • Watchlist

Twenty minutes into the future, the world has become imbued network-television. It's illegal to turn off your TV, and televisions are given to the needy. In this world, Network 23 has a highly-rated news program with a roving reporter named Edison Carter. But Carter uncovers a plot to cover up lethal "blipverts" and is almost killed. In the process his mind is copied into a computer, and the computer-generated personality "Max Headroom" is born. Together, Max and Edison, along with Edison's controller Theora, their boss Murray, their boss' boss Ben Cheviot, and Network 23's boy-genius Bryce combat crime, placate sponsors, defeat rival networks, and turn in stories. 14 episodes.

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Matt Frewer
Edison Carter
Amanda Pays
Theora Jones
George Coe
Ben Cheviot

Season 2 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Academy

Fri, Sep 18, 198760 mins

While Blank Reg publicly fights for his freedom and his life for a crime he didn't commit, Theora recruits Bryce to help track down the real culprits. But does Bryce know more about the advanced tech crime than he's willing to admit?

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Awards

  • 1988 - Monitor - Best Editing - winner
  • 1987 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series - nominated
  • 1987 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Makeup for a Series - nominated
  • 1987 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Art Direction for a Series - winner

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