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Max Headroom

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Max Headroom — Plot

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?

  • Release date
  • March 31, 1987
  • Runtime
  • 60 min
  • TMDB score
  • 6.9
2 seasons Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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Max Headroom — Cast

Matt Frewer photo Matt Frewer Edison Carter / Max Headroom Chris Young photo Chris Young Bryce Lynch Jeffrey Tambor photo Jeffrey Tambor Murray William Morgan Sheppard photo William Morgan Sheppard Blank Reg Concetta Tomei photo Concetta Tomei Blank Dominique Amanda Pays photo Amanda Pays Theora Jones George Coe photo George Coe Ben Cheviot Lee Wilkof photo Lee Wilkof Edwards

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