10. MAX HEADROOM
(1987-1988)
10. MAX HEADROOM
(1987-1988)
Set in a grim video-age dystopia where TV networks have become so all-powerful that it's illegal for viewers to turn off their sets, Matt Frewer plays both Edison Carter, intrepid investigative reporter for the top-rated Network 23, and Max, Carter's computer-generated, stuttering alter ego. Despite an intense media blitz, ABC unplugged Max Headroom after only 14 episodes. But over the years a cult following has grown — Max even has his own web site on the Internet — and today the show's proto-cyber atmospherics couldn't seem fresher. ''The show spawned a look, with its white light through the smoke and bleak Orwellian future,'' says Frewer. ''We laid the groundwork for things to come.'' —Benjamin Svetkey
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