Max Headroom Episode Guide

MAX HEADROOM

03/31/87
Debut: In the near future, when TVs can't be shut off and ratings are all that
matter, investigative reporter Edison Carter (Matt Frewer) and his computer-
generated alter ego Max Headroom battle to keep the "blank" generation
informed.  In the opener, Carter stumbles across his own network's cover-up of
a sometimes deadly new form of TV advertising called "blipverts".  Bryce: Chris
Young.  Theora: Amanda Pays.  Murray: Jeffrey Tambor.  Grossberg...Charles
Rocket, Gorrister...Ken Swofford, Florence...Billie Byrd, Ms Formby...Virginia
Kiser.

04/07/87
Theora may lose her job when she runs off to help her estranged brother, who's
competing in a brutal sport that promoters want legalized and televised.
Shawn...Peter Cohl, Jack Friday...Wortham Krimmer, Rik...JW Smith, Ped Zing...
Arsenio "Sonny" Trinidad.

04/14/87
Carter races against time to save a woman who was shanghaied and sold to a
"body bank" for experimentation.  Meanwhile,  Network 23's largest sponsor
wants Max as spokesman.  Cheviot: George Coe.  Formby...Virginia Kiser, Blank
Reg...Morgan Sheppard, Dominique...Concetta Tomei, Mel...Scott Kraft,
Plantaganet...John Winston, Rik...JW Smith.

04/21/87
Carter is accused of credit fraud and becomes a fugitive after delving into the
hostile takeover of Security Systems, the world's most powerful corporation.
Cheviot: George Coe, Rik...JW Smith, Dominique...Concetta Tomei, Blank Reg...
Morgan Sheppard, Valerie Towne...Carol Mayo Jenkins, Voice of A-7...Sally
Stevens.

04/28/87
Network 23 finds that the fine line between news and entertainment may very
well be the bottom line.  Dancing on that line is Braddock, a double dealing
program packager who offers to sell Network 23 the exclusive rights to cover an
urban-guerilla group's terrorist activities during a crucial 24-hour global
ratings-sweep period.  The network turns Braddock's offer down, but a smaller
rival accepts.Broadcasting from a terrorist bombing site, its ratings soar --
as Network 23's plummet.  Barred from that site is Network 23 ace reporter
Edison Carter, to the annoyance of some Network 23 board members.  But network
head Ben Cheviot knows Braddock's reputation and assigns Carter to investigate.
Braddock: Gary Swenson.  Croyd Hauser: Robert O'Reilly.  Janie Crane: Lisa
Niemi.  Lucian: J Michael Flynn.

05/05/87
As the "blanks" -- undesirables with no computer records -- are rounded up and
arrested, the networks face permanent cancellation by hackers who threaten to
crash the city's entire computer system if their companions aren't released.
Peller...Howard Sherman, Bruno...Peter Crook, Ashwell...Hank Garret, Blank Reg
...Morgan Sheppard, Dominique...Concetta Tomei.

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From: boyajian@ruby.dec.com (Cisco's Buddy)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: "Max Headroom" Episode Guide
Date: 29 Nov 90 11:47:20 GMT

In article <1990Nov28.203040.15128@nntp-server.caltech.edu>, coufal@eeyore.caltech.edu writes...

} I'm am in need of a "Max Headroom" program guide. Specifically, I'd
} like to know how many episodes there are in each season.

} Please, don't bother to post, just E-mail me (coufal@eeyore.caltech.edu).

I'm posting for possible benefit to others who may want it. This is also being
sent by mail.


                        MAX HEADROOM Episode Guide


Titles for first season episodes come from the Japanese laserdiscs; for the
second season, from THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TV SCIENCE FICTION (London: Boxtree,
1990). I've seen alternate titles for a couple of episodes listed elsewhere,
and these are included in brackets. Broadcast dates are for first US airing,
except for the original pilot film, for which the date given is the first UK
broadcast date. The 14th episode was never broadcast in the US, but has been
shown in foreign markets. The first episode is essentially a remake of the
original pilot film. At the end are the titles for three episodes that never
made it past the script stage. These are to my knowledge the only unproduced
episodes that have been accounted for.


British pilot film


0    04 Apr 85   Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future
                 w: Steve Roberts (teleplay)
                    George Stone, Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel (story)
                 d: Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel


First Season


1    31 Mar 87   Blipverts
                 w: Joe Gannon & Steve Roberts (teleplay)
                    Steve Roberts (story)
                 d: Farhad Mann

2    07 Apr 87   Rakers
                 w: James Crocker & Steve Roberts (teleplay)
                    James Crocker (story)
                 d: Thomas J. Wright

3    14 Apr 87   Body Banks
                 w: Steve Roberts
                 d: Francis DeLia

4    21 Apr 87   Security Systems
                 w: Michael Cassutt
                 d: Tommy Lee Wallace

5    28 Apr 87   War
                 w: Martin Pasko, Rebecca Parr, Michael Cassutt & Steve Roberts
                 d: Thomas J. Wright

6    05 May 87   The Blanks
                 w: Steve Roberts
                 d: Tommy Lee Wallace


Second Season


7    18 Sep 87   Academy
                 w: David Brown
                 d: Victor Lobl

8    25 Sep 87   Deities    [Resurrection Vanna]
                 w: Michael Cassutt
                 d: Tom Wright

9    02 Oct 87   Grossberg's Return
                 w: Steve Roberts
                 d: Janet Greek

10   09 Oct 87   Dream Thieves
                 w: Steve Roberts (teleplay) & Charles Grant Craig (story)
                 d: Todd Holland

11   16 Oct 87   Whacketts  [The Addiction Game]
                 w: Arthur Sellers (teleplay) & Dennis Rolfe (story)
                 d: Victor Lobl

12   28 Apr 88   NeuroStim
                 w: Arthur Sellers & Michael Cassutt
                 d: Maurice Phillips

13   05 May 88   Lessons
                 w: Adrian Hein & Steve Roberts (teleplay)
                    Colman DeKay & Howard Brookner (story)
                 d: Victor Lobl


Unaired in USA


14               Baby Growbags
                 w: Chris Ruppenthal
                 d: Janet Greek


Unproduced episodes


15               Theora's Story
16               The Trial
17               X-Mas

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