Max Headroom (1987)

Genre

cyberpunk, science fiction television series

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 14 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 76 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A reporter investigates corruption in a future where TV networks control society. He encounters a digitized star named Max Headroom who comments on the madness.

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What happens

Max Headroom is an American satirical cyberpunk science fiction television series by Chrysalis Visual Programming and Lakeside Productions for Lorimar-Telepictures that aired in the United States on ABC from March 31, 1987, to May 5, 1988. The series is set in a futuristic dystopia ruled by an oligarchy of television networks, and features the character and media personality Max Headroom. The story is based on the Channel 4 British TV film produced by Chrysalis, Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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