Max Headroom (1987)★ 7.3/10
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
Directed by: Victor Lobl, Thomas J. Wright, Janet Greek, Tommy Lee Wallace, Francis Delia
Written by: Howard Brookner, David G.B. Brown, Michael Cassutt, Charles Grant Craig, James Crocker
In the near future, an intrepid investigative TV reporter does his job with help from his colleagues--and a computerized version of himself.
- Original title
- Max Headroom
- Storyline
- 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.
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 3,520
- Companies
- Chrysalis/Lakeside, Lorimar Productions, Warner Bros. Television, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Cinemax, Channel 4, Home Box Office (HBO), NHK-BS2, RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video, RCA/Columbia Pictures Video, Sat.1, Sci Fi, Shout! Factory, TechTV Inc., Videosonic
- Release dates
- US March 31, 1987
- FR February 4, 1988
- GB March 2, 1989
- XWG April 24, 1989
- CA August 10, 2010