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Max Headroom

Name: Max Headroom
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 1987-03-31
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Matt Frewer, Chris Young, Jeffrey Tambor, William Morgan Sheppard, Concetta Tomei

Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy

★ 7.0/10 TMDB Premiered 1987-03-31 2 seasons 14 eps

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?

Last Episode Aired 1988-05-12

S2E8 — 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.

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