Series · 1987
Max Headroom
The series
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?
Episodes
Season 2 · 8 episodes · 1987
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Episode 118 Sep 198747m
Academy
Network 23 becomes the victim of signal zipping - illegal interruption of their satellite feed. When Bryce tracks the zipping to Big Time Television, Reg is arrested and sent for trial by gameshow on ""You the Jury"". Meanwhile Edison and…
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Episode 225 Sep 198748m
Deities
The Vu-Age Church is running a phony resurrection service, claiming to be able to store cortical scans of its members and keep them on-line for the day when cloning is perfected and their personalities can be placed in new bodies. Edison i…
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Episode 32 Oct 198748m
Grossberg's Return
Rival Network 66 attempts to defeat Network 23 in a ratings-based election by introducing a ""watch while you sleep"" device into its programming to cause people to leave their TV sets on all night.
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Episode 49 Oct 198748m
Dream Thieves
Some shady entrepreneurs are stealing people's dreams and selling them to the highest bidders. Edison goes undercover to expose their lethal business.
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Episode 516 Oct 198748m
Whacketts
A video narcotic is causing people to leave their TVs tuned to Big Time Television twenty-four hours a day.
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Episode 628 Apr 198848m
Neurostim
Zik-Zak introduces Neurostim, a device to directly stimulate the brain and bypass the need to use television for advertising.
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Episode 75 May 198848m
Lessons
Network 23 censors go a step too far when they try to shut down a secret school in the fringes, because it's using pirated Network 23 instructional programming.
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Episode 812 May 198848m
Baby Grobags
Edison Carter is on the trail of some rather dark people who are stealing babies from the baby pods where they are grown while Bryce carefully considers working for Grossberg and channel 66.
Cast
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