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  • ABC
  • Sep 18, 1987
  • ABC
  • Sep 18, 1987
Max Headroom

Summary This groundbreaking science fiction series ran for two short seasons on ABC in the late 1980s. The show, set "20 minutes into the future," depicts a dystopian world where television networks and corporations have become all-powerful. Matt Frewer stars as investigative TV reporter Edison Carter and as his unpredictable computer-generated ...

  • ABC
  • Sep 18, 1987
  • ABC
  • Sep 18, 1987
Max Headroom
Season 2
Season Premiere: Sep 18, 1987
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Summary This groundbreaking science fiction series ran for two short seasons on ABC in the late 1980s. The show, set "20 minutes into the future," depicts a dystopian world where television networks and corporations have become all-powerful. Matt Frewer stars as investigative TV reporter Edison Carter and as his unpredictable computer-generated ...

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Episode 1 • Sep 18, 1987 • 1 h
Academy
While Blank Reg publicly fights for his freedom and his life for a crime he didn't commit, Theora recruits Bryce to help track down the real culprits. But does Bryce know more about the advanced tech crime than he's willing to admit?
Episode 2 • Sep 25, 1987 • 1 h
Deities
An old flame of Edison's who has become the leader of a controversial new age church desperately wants Max's technology to help the church fulfill its shallow promises of a computer-enhanced afterlife.
Episode 3 • Oct 2, 1987 • 1 h
Grossberg's Return
Grossberg wages a grim vendetta against Edison and Network 23 by taking firm control of their arch rival Network 66.
Episode 4 • Oct 9, 1987 • 1 h
Dream Thieves
Episode 5 • Nov 16, 1987 • 1 h
Whacketts
Viewers are unable to tear their eyes away from a seemingly mindless new game show called "Whacketts." Meanwhile, Big-Time is finally on top of the ratings. But is Big-Time just a pawn in a much larger game of addiction?
Episode 6 • Apr 28, 1988 • 1 h
Neurostim
Zik Zak comes up with a new promotional giveaway called the Neurostim bracelet which implants the perfect life into your imagination and gives you the drive to make it happen no matter what the cost.
Episode 7 • May 5, 1988 • 1 h
Lessons
Education becomes a crime when Blanks start pirating elite educational programming for poor children.
Episode 8 • May 12, 1988 • 1 h
Baby Grobags
An old friend of Theora's goes to the lab to pick up her in vitro baby only to find out it's been kidnapped. Theora and Edison make it their personal mission to expose the truth behind the disappearances of other babies.

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Jul 12, 2013
The most brilliant and wild network program of the 1980s. [28 Apr 1988]
By Marvin Kitman

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