

Max Headroom
March 31, 1987 streaming
In a dystopian future where television networks control the world, Network 23's star reporter Edison Carter discovers a conspiracy too dangerous to report. When his consciousness is digitized into the glitchy AI persona Max Headroom, the two must navigate a media landscape of corporate greed, ratings wars, and digital revolution. A foundational 1980s cyberpunk cult series.
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THE VERDICT
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Max Headroom was startlingly prophetic in its satire of corporate media monopolies, sensationalist television, and nascent cybernetics. Matt Frewer gave an iconic dual performance that captured the nervous energy of late-twentieth-century technological anxiety. Dark, witty, and ahead of its time, this cult cyberpunk series remains essential viewing for fans of dystopian science fiction.












