Max Headroom

Synopsis

Television networks battle one another in an unrelenting ratings war. Whoever controls the airwaves controls the dystopic world in which they broadcast. So when Network 23's star reporter, Edison Carter, uncovers a deadly secret that could shake up the station's dominion over its viewers, the only option is to eliminate Carter before he can make his story public. After Carter's "accident," his mind is uploaded to create the world's first self-aware, computer-generated TV host — Max Headroom! But will Max bow to his creators? Or will he be the key to his human alter ago bringing down a network superpower?

Streaming on

• ABC↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Matt Frewer
  as Edison Carter / Max Headroom
• 
  Chris Young
  as Bryce Lynch
• 
  Jeffrey Tambor
  as Murray
• 
  William Morgan Sheppard
  as Blank Reg
• 
  Concetta Tomei
  as Blank Dominique
• 
  Amanda Pays
  as Theora Jones

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