Max Headroom is a British-produced American satirical
science fiction television series by
Chrysalis Visual Programming and Lakeside Productions for
Lorimar-Telepictures that 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 series is often mistaken as an American-produced show due to the setting and its use of an almost entirely American cast along with being broadcast in the United States on the ABC network.
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 took an interest in the pilot and asked Chrysalis/Lakeside to produce the series for American audiences.