In the film, “While logging tapes of decades-old TV broadcasts, video archivist James (Harry Shum Jr.) discovers a surreal and disturbing clip that James believes is the product of a mysterious ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Broadcast Signal Intrusion" is a new thriller making its Midwest debut at the Chicago Film Festival this week. The leading man and executive producer spoke about the movie that was ...

Did You Know? The last incidence of a broadcast signal being hijacked–a technically difficult and way illegal act–happened in Chicago in 1987. The pirate briefly broke into WGN’s signal, and after ...

On November 22nd, 1987, at 9:16PM, the technicians and newsroom staff of Chicago's WGN news station were frantic. During sportscaster Dan Roan's segment on the channel's flagship primetime show, The ...

Replay: He became a cult legend, infuenced one of the most bizarre incidents on telelvision, and his legacy can still be felt today. Ladies and gentlemen may we re-introduce M M Ma Max H H Head ...

Two Chicago television stations were interrupted by an alarming, profane and thoroughly odd pirate broadcast on November 22, 1987.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The character, who was a smart-alecky host with strange, manic movements and regular glitches in ...

Cyber-punk is back, baby. AMC Networks confirmed to EW that a reboot of 1980s drama series Max Headroom, featuring the "world's first artificial intelligence TV personality," is in the works. For ...

There’s still a fervent online community trying to track down the mystery man behind this legendary broadcast interruption that hit Chicago households back in 1987 during Doctor Who. And honestly, if ...

Hacking into the Home Depot credit card system, the financial records at JP Morgan Chase? Child's play! Try hacking into the feed of a local Chicago television station and replacing the sport anchor ...

Max Headroom is making a comeback. Deadline reports that AMC Networks is developing a reboot of the staple of 1980s pop culture with the help of Halt and Catch Fire co-creator Christopher Cantwell and ...