Max Headroom

In the near future, an intrepid investigative TV reporter does his job with the help of his colleagues and a computerized version of himself.

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Cast:Matt Frewer , Amanda Pays , George Coe , Chris Young , Jeffrey Tambor , Hank Garrett , Lee Wilkof , William Morgan Sheppard , Sharon Barr , Concetta Tomei , Virginia Kiser , Charles Rocket , Jere Burns , Ricardo GutiÃ©rrez , Rob Narita , J.W. Smith , Sherman Howard , Andreas Katsulas

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Blipverts

Tue, Mar 31, 1987

Top TV reporter Max Edison discovers Network 23 is experimenting with advertising that is lethal to some viewers. His boss tries to kill him and copy his mind to a controllable simulation. Instead Edison survives - and Max Headroom is born.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Rakers

Tue, Apr 7, 1987

Theora's brother gets involved in "raking" - a violent underground sport that is a cross between skateboarding and roller-derby.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Body Banks

Tue, Apr 14, 1987

While Max attempts to fill the many gaps in his and Edison's memory, a young woman goes missing, revealing the shadowy world of involuntary organ donation.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Security Systems

Tue, Apr 21, 1987

The CEO of Security Systems, the world's largest security center, fears there may be danger behind the possible purchase of her company by an unknown buyer.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ War

Tue, Apr 28, 1987

Edison and the Network 23 team are dumbfounded when a lesser rival network appears to be always at the scenes of recent terrorist attacks for the big ratings-drawing exclusives.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The Blanks

Tue, May 5, 1987

A group of unidentified anarchists who are known only as Blanks terrorize the city's central computer systems.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Academy

Fri, Sep 18, 1987

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?

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Deities

Fri, Sep 25, 1987

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.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Grossberg's Return

Fri, Oct 2, 1987

Grossberg wages a grim vendetta against Edison and Network 23 by taking firm control of their arch rival Network 66.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Dream Thieves

Fri, Oct 9, 1987

Following the death of an old colleague who was found literally drained of life, Edison races to expose the deadly process of recording and broadcasting dreams. But is the audience's own demand for the innovative new program too great to conquer?

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Whacketts

Mon, Nov 16, 1987

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?

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Neurostim

Thu, Apr 28, 1988

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.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Lessons

Thu, May 5, 1988

Education becomes a crime when Blanks start pirating elite educational programming for poor children.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Baby Grobags

Thu, May 12, 1988

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.