It looks like the ride is over for Taxi Brooklyn. It’s been cancelled by NBC and won’t be returning for a second season this summer.
Taxi Brooklyn follows Cat Sullivan (Chyler Leigh), a tough NYPD Detective who doesn’t let a demotion to foot patrol stop her from trying to find her father’s killer. She finds an unlikely ally in Leo Romba (Jacky Ido), a taxi driver from Marseille. The rest of the cast includes James Colby, Jose Zuniga, Jennifer Esposito, Bill Heck, Ally Walker, and Raul Casso.
The series debuted last June 25th to an unimpressive 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.34 million viewers. The numbers didn’t improve over the course of the season which averaged a 0.9 rating in the demo and 5.0 million viewers.
The season finale of Taxi Brooklyn aired in September 2014 and there hasn’t been any official word from the network regarding the show’s fate. That’s certainly not a good sign, especially if viewers were hoping to see a second season this summer.
Late last year, executive producer Gary Scott Thompson indicated that things weren’t looking good and that they were “running out of time” — likely an indication that the cast contracts would soon expire. Earlier this year, he wrote that, “If history is any indication, we will probably never have official word” [on Taxi Brooklyn’s fate].
When reporting that Leigh had joined the pilot for Supergirl on CBS, TVLine noted that Taxi Brooklyn would not be returning to NBC for a second season.
NBC licensed the show from EuropaCorp Television so their costs are lower. EuropaCorp could potentially produce a second season and find another US outlet to air it but there’s been no word of that. Thompson has said that “it’s up to nbc.”
What do you think? Did you like the Taxi Brooklyn TV show? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season? Would you watch a second season on another channel?
I personally Loved the show. I don’t know how I missed it on TV, watched 1st season on Netflix. Don’t think the show was publized enough or something. Poor decision on NBC’s part. It was a GREAT show fresh & new, not the same cookiecutter of all the other shows. The characters & actors were a good dynamic, good storyline. So my question to NBC is what more could you want????? You had makings of a great HIT. My suggestion is to FIRE your publicist!!!!!
I think Taxi Brooklynn should return for a second series. It is action packed and is always keeping viewers on the edge of their seat! It was left on too big a cliff hanger and makes it confusing without a following episode or season to help the viewers understand what has happened.
I watched it when it aired last year and really enjoy it. I’m rewatching it on Netflix now and am bummed that the second season won’t be shown this summer. While it has been canceled in the US, I don’t think it has been canceled in France so there’s still hope that there will be more seasons for us to watch though not on a US broadcast or cable network. This happened with Saving Hope a few summers back. It was canceled in the US but it’s still going straong in Canada on CTV. If there are more seasons, be… Read more »
Just found the show on Netflix, I Love it! In two days I manage to watch 10 episodes!! I didn’t see it advertise on the regular networks but I will spread the word!! Hopefully it gets renewed!
Watched this on netflix. It’s a great series. Please have season 2 or at least end it properly, too many programs are not renewed . It’s very disappointing.
I echo the other comments. Had never heard of the show until I noticed it on Netflix. Great ensemble of characters. I enjoyed that the show was mostly clean and did not show the gore of other cop shows. I would say it deserves a second season with better promotion. Maybe Netflix can pick it up as an original series? Just say’n.
I would definitely watch a second season. The first season finale left so many things unanswered. If I’d known they would end it like the did, I might not have watched it at all. I just saw season 1 on Netflix. Maybe they will buy future seasons.
Loved this show … Really disappointed to find out NBC isn’t running a Season 2. I hope they change their minds, or the show gets picked up by another network!
Let’s have more TAXI BROOKLYN ….MORE SEASONS PLEASE
loved it!!!! Need to do a second espisode..hate when something good is on and they cancel it… BRING IT BACK!!
please please please bring it back!!!
Loved this show NBC always drops the good shows.
Please bring back taxi Brooklyn. It was a very good show and I enjoyed watching it.
Thank you.
This show was terrific. The actors were good and the plots, engaging. I would like to see a 2nd season. How could they end it on a cliff hanger????
We loved the show, it was a great mix of comedy, tenderness, crime cracking, …. to many shows now project a “hopeless uncaring attitude”, but not this one.
We stumbled across this on Netflix and hadn’t seen it on TV which makes us think it didn’t receive much advertising, certainly no prime time placement.
Definitely would like to see another channel pick it up.