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Max Headroom

TV·1987–1988·ABC·Drama, Science-Fiction·1h·7.5·Created by Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton

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It is the day after tomorrow, and television networks rule the planet. The TV sets themselves do not turn off, and the programming is designed to keep citizens in a state of complacency. Society is in a shambles, with poverty rampant. In the shadows of the Networks, untold millions live on the streets with only a TV to their names, and many can only make their living by selling dead bodies on the organ transplant black market. The one ray of hope is Edison Carter, investigative reporter for Network 23. Edison covers the stories that matter, and he is the voice of the people who have no other. Edison, of course, winds up on the wrong side of some very bad men who try their best to have him killed. An attempt to find out what he knows by reading his brain with a computer inadvertently creates a stuttering, manic computer simulation of Edison that calls itself Max.

Cast

Matt FrewerMatt FrewerEdison Carter / Max HeadroomChris YoungChris YoungBryce LynchJeffrey TamborJeffrey TamborMurrayWilliam Morgan SheppardWilliam Morgan SheppardBlank RegConcetta TomeiConcetta TomeiBlank DominiqueAmanda PaysAmanda PaysTheora JonesGeorge CoeGeorge CoeBen CheviotLee WilkofLee WilkofEdwards

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