Max Headroom Blipverts (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Max Headroom

Blipverts (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Top TV reporter Max Edison discovers Network 23 is experimenting with advertising that is lethal to some viewers. His boss tries to kill him and copy his mind to a controllable simulation. Instead Edison survives - and Max Headroom is born.

Director

Farhad Mann

Writers

Joe Gannon (teleplay) | Steve Roberts (based on the British screenplay by) (teleplay)

Producer

Peter Wagg

Composer

Cory Lerios

Cinematographer

Robert M. Stevens (as Robert Stevens)

Editor

M. Edward Salier (as Edward Salier)

Production Designer

Richard B. Lewis

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 31, 1987

Release date

Mar 31, 1987 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 3 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
25 cast members

Name	Known for
Matt Frewer Edison Carter / Max Headroom Edison Carter / Max Headroom See fewer	Watchmen (2009)
Amanda Pays Theora Jones Theora Jones See fewer	Leviathan (1989)
George Coe Ben Cheviot Ben Cheviot See fewer	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (I) (2011)
Chris Young Bryce Lynch Bryce Lynch See fewer	The Great Outdoors (1988)
Jeffrey Tambor Murray McKenzie Murray McKenzie See fewer	Transparent (2014)
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Rick Ducommun Mahler Mahler See fewer	The 'Burbs (1989)
Charles Rocket Ned Grossberg Ned Grossberg See fewer	Dumb and Dumber (1994)
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Irene Olga López Old Lady Old Lady See fewer	The Big Lebowski (1998)
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