Name: Episode 1 — Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future
Released: 1985-04-04
Duration: 57 min
Cast: Matt Frewer, Chris Young, Jeffrey Tambor, William Morgan Sheppard, Concetta Tomei

Max Headroom (1987 – 1988)

1987 • 2 seasons • Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • TV-PG

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Episode 1 — Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

Released: 1985-04-04 • Drama/Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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In the post-apocalyptic future where television sets are more important than food, TV ratings are the all important currency of the nation. A new technique of preventing viewers from channel surfing proves somewhat detrimental to particularly sedentary couch potatoes. The top studio becomes concerned: dead viewers make for low ratings. Edison Carter, top news reporter, is sent to find out more. After a motorcycle accident, his mind is preserved by wizz-kid Bryce and becomes his wise cracking, computer generated alter-ego: Max Headroom, who manages to boost ratings above those of any live hosts to date.

This made for TV movie was later remade (sanitized version) as the first episode of the series.

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Creator	Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
Episode air date	04.04.1985
Episode runtime	57 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Drama / Sci-Fi & Fantasy
TMDB series rating	6.8
IMDb series rating	7.3
Series status	Ended
Age rating	6+
Country	US

Max Headroom (1987 – 1988)

Episode 1 — Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

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