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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...
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Season 1

  • Blipverts
    7.9/10117 votes

    Blipverts

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/31/1987

    In the near future, when TVs can't be shut off and ratings are all that matter, investigative reporter Edison Carter 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".

    Director: Farhad Mann

    Writer: Joe Gannon

  • Rakers
    6.7/1077 votes

    Rakers

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/7/1987

    Theora goes AWOL when she learns her estranged brother is involved in the brutal and dangerous ""sport"" of raking, which the promoters are trying to have legalized and televised.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: Steve Roberts, James Crocker

  • Body Banks
    7.3/1077 votes

    Body Banks

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/14/1987

    Breughel and Mahler are stealing live bodies from the Fringes and selling them to Nightingales Body Bank. The wealthy Plantaganet wants pituitarys from the bodies for an operation which could save his aging mother. While Carter races to save a Fringer girl's life, Cheviot is more concerned that Max is offending Network 23's biggest sponsor, ZikZak, who have decided to buy him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steve Roberts

  • Security Systems
    7.3/1070 votes

    Security Systems

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/21/1987

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Cassutt

  • War
    7.4/1061 votes

    War

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/28/1987

    In the middle of a global ratings sweep programmer packager Frank Braddock tries to sell Network 23 a package covering the activities of a terrorist group, the White Brigade. Edison and Murray become suspicious when Breakthru TV, who have bought the package, start broadcasting terrorist bombings as soon as they occur.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: Michael Cassutt, Steve Roberts, Martin Pasko

  • The Blanks
    7.6/1088 votes

    The Blanks

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/1987

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steve Roberts