Max Headroom
Max Headroom is a British-produced American satirical science fiction television series created by Chrysalis Visual Programming and Lakeside Productions for Lorimar-Telepictures. It aired in the United States on ABC from March 1987 to May 1988. The series was based on the Channel 4 British TV pilot produced by Chrysalis, *Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future*. The show is often mistaken for an American production due to its setting, the use of an almost entirely U.S. cast, and its broadcast on the ABC network in the USA. Cinemax aired the UK pilot, followed by a six-week run of highlights from *The Max Headroom Show*, a music video show where Headroom appears between music videos. ABC became interested in the pilot and asked Chrysalis/Lakeside to produce the series for U.S. audiences. The show went into production in late 1986 and ran for six episodes in the first season, with eight episodes produced in the second season.
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