Max Headroom - Season 2 - Eps 1: Academy
Network 23 becomes the victim of signal zipping - illegal interruption of their satellite feed. When Bryce tracks the zipping to Big Time Television, Reg is arrested and sent for trial by gameshow on ""You the Jury"". Meanwhile Edison and Theora trace the real zippers to the Academy of Computer Sciences, and Bryce's old schoolfriends.
About Max Headroom
Title: Max Headroom
First Air Date: 1987-03-31
Last Air Date: 1988-05-12
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.894/10 (from 66 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 14
Network: ABC
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: Unknown
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?
Cast
Matt Frewer
Edison Carter / Max Headroom
Chris Young
Bryce Lynch
Jeffrey Tambor
Murray
William Morgan Sheppard
Blank Reg
Concetta Tomei
Blank Dominique
Amanda Pays
Theora Jones
George Coe
Ben Cheviot
Lee Wilkof
Edwards
