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Title: Max Headroom (1987–1988)
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| Complete series cast summary: | |||
| Matt Frewer | ... | Edison Carter / ... 14 episodes, 1987-1988 | |
| Amanda Pays | ... | Theora Jones 14 episodes, 1987-1988 | |
| Chris Young | ... | Bryce Lynch 14 episodes, 1987-1988 | |
| Jeffrey Tambor | ... | Murray 14 episodes, 1987-1988 | |
| George Coe | ... | Ben Cheviot 14 episodes, 1987-1988 | |
| Lee Wilkof | ... | Edwards 13 episodes, 1987-1988 | |
| Hank Garrett | ... | Ashwell / ... 12 episodes, 1987-1988 | |
| William Morgan Sheppard | ... | Blank Reg 7 episodes, 1987-1988 | |
| Concetta Tomei | ... | Blank Dominique 7 episodes, 1987-1988 | |
| Sharon Barr | ... | Lauren 7 episodes, 1987-1988 | |
20 minutes into the future, the world has become imbued network-television. It's illegal to turn off your TV, and televisions are given to the needy. In this world, Network 23 has a highly-rated news program with a roving reporter named Edison Carter. But Carter uncovers a plot to cover up lethal "blipverts" and is almost killed. In the process his mind is copied into a computer and the computer-generated personality "Max Headroom" is born. Together, Max and Edison, along with Edison's controller (Theora), their boss (Murray), their boss' boss (Ben Cheviot), and Network 23's boy-genius (Bryce) combat crime, placate sponsors, defeat rival networks, and turn in stories. 14 episodes. Written by Kathy Li
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Before "Revolution" ... Before "Dark Angel" ... Before "Falling Skies" and "The Walking Dead" ... There was Max.
"Max Headroom" was the first cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic TV show EVER (way back in 1987).
Max was decades ahead of its time. The show predicted such things as identity theft, the Internet, the webcam, and the fusion of media and government. (One episode even mourned the closure of movie theaters. Today, thanks to Netflix and video-on-demand, that has now come to pass.)
In a word, Max was prophetic. The hip, trendy post-apocalyptic shows that you're seeing today owe a great debt to Max Headroom.