Max Headroom (1987)

Plot Summary

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.

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Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards (1987)

Primetime Emmy 1987

Winner

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series

Gary Alexander Joe Kenworthy Tim Philben Bill Thiederman

Primetime Emmy 1987

Nominated

Outstanding Makeup for a Series

Katalin Elek Zoltan Elek

Primetime Emmy 1987

Winner

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series

Doug Grindstaff Richard Corwin Clark Conrad Brad Sherman Richard Taylor James Wolvington Dick Bernstein

Primetime Emmy 1987

Nominated

Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series

Janice Alexander

Primetime Emmy 1987

Winner

Outstanding Art Direction for a Series

Richard B. Lewis Bernard P. Cutler Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer