


He disappeared in late 1987, never to be seen again until twenty years later when Channel Four used an elderly version of the character to promote the UK’s digital television. The DVD set (belatedly released in 2010) includes a final episode that never aired in the US. New Coke was a complete failure and with no further episodes of The Max Headroom Show or Max Headroom being made the worldwide phenomenon of Max Headroom was over.

Jeffrey Tambor and Amanda Pays also star. Matt Frewer stars as investigative TV reporter Edison Carter and as his unpredictable computer-generated alter-ego Max Headroom, a character who also appeared during the same time period in commercials for Coca-Cola and as the host of his own talk show (which aired in the US on Cinemax, though it, like ABC's sci-fi drama series, were produced in the UK). The show, set "20 minutes into the future," depicts a dystopian world where television networks and corporations have become all-powerful. Matt Frewer stars as investigative TV reporter Edison Carter and as his unpredictable computer-generated This groundbreaking science fiction series ran for two short seasons on ABC in the late 1980s. Summary: This groundbreaking science fiction series ran for two short seasons on ABC in the late 1980s.
