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Max Headroom is a look into the future. Society is run-down and dominated by television and large corporations. Edison Carter is a reporter intent on exposing corruption and greed. In the pilot episode, Edison is hunted down by his own employer. He is injured and his mind is digitized into a computer program. The resulting program takes on a life of its own.

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02x08 Baby Grobags Aired: Apr. 01, 1997

Edison Carter is on the trail of some rather dark people who are stealing babies from the baby pods where they are grown while Bryce carefully … [continue reading]

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Max Headroom is Canceled/Ended
The show had 2 seasons and 15 episodes air between 1987 and 1988.

Series Info

Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Mar. 31, 1987
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
Aired:
1987 - 1988
To-Date:
2 Seasons
15 Episodes
Network
ABC TV Network
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Series Fun Facts

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  • The futuristic graphics used on the show were created by a top-of-the-line computer of 1987, a Commodore Amiga.
  • According to the first episode, the name "Max Headroom" came about when Edison Carter was fleeing from security guards on a motorcycle, and he ran into a parking garage exit gate labeled MAX…
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    According to the first episode, the name "Max Headroom" came about when Edison Carter was fleeing from security guards on a motorcycle, and he ran into a parking garage exit gate labeled MAX HEADROOM. While he was in a coma his memory was downloaded into a computer by Bryce Lynch and the computer-generated personality chose this to be its new name.
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  • William Gibson, a fan of the show, had written a script for the show, but the series was canceled before it was shot.