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 absolutely loved Taxi Brooklyn. You have to bring it back! There are so many unanswered questions. What happend with the Capella family? Does Leo save Niko? What do they want Leo? Is there any justice for Annabella? Does Annabella escape and continue destroying Cats life?
Come on…..there is sooo much more you can do with this show. Please bring it back, even if it’s only a Netflix Exclusive show.
BRING TAXI BROOKLYN BACK PLEASE, WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING IT THOUGH NETFLIX IN AUSTRALIA (WE FINALLY HAVE NETFLIX LEGALLY HERE) WE REALLY LOVED IT AND HOPE TO SEE SEASON 2 OR AT LEAST A FINAL EPISODE SUMMARIZING THE SHOW BUT AS USUAL WE ARE LEFT HANGING 🙂
I truly have enjoyed this show!!! Hope you bring it back! I find myself watching more and more CBS because of all the shows being cancelled on NBC!
I am extremely bummed. I really liked everything about it. The name wasn’t catchy but the characters and the plots were.mufti-layered. It was way better than a lot of other stuff that was kept.
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Sad to see it go…really enjoyed the characters.
I will never watch another NBC series. When you have five million viewers you don’t end a show the way they did. They should have at least done a one hour special the following season to wrap up the details. they left 5 million viewers hanging with no resolution to so many changes in the final episode. Networks like NBC are only about their ratings and nothing for the viewers who invested so much time watching their shows . They want their viewers emotionally invested in their shows so they will follow them but when ratings don’t fly they just… Read more »
Taxi Brooklyn was such an interesting show. What is with NBC that when they get a good show they cancel it. How can the expect viewers to have faith when they don’t even believe in their own shows. I particularly loved Jacky Ido and Chyler Leigh in the cast. The show was well drawn and really exciting. Okay those things don’t happen in real life but no TV show portrays reality, especially reality shows which bore me to tears. The only reason they do reality shows is because they are cheaper than mounting a TV show but we, the viewers… Read more »
Oh poor nbc only 5 MILLION VIEWER that means they were doing something right if 5 million people liked this show they did not advertise it enough and the next season was going to be amazing I can’t believe they are stupid enough to cancel it his show. By the way Netflix bought the first season because it was so good and had potential
YES, PLEASE BRING IT BACK. WE DEFINITELY NEED SEASON 2. IT IS A GOOD SHOW. I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY WOULD LEAVE THE WATCHERS HANGING THAT BAD.
I just saw all of season 1 this past weekend. I need season 2, I need yo know what happened to Cat’s mom was she really on the boat? Wher is Nicko and his mom?
Just found Taxi Brooklyn on Netflix and enjoyed the characters immensely. Very disappointed that there won’t be another season.
We enjoyed watching Taxi Brooklyn. I hate that it was cancelled and there will not be a season 2.
Why do NBC cancel all the good shows and why don’t yall give shows a chance every show come on NBC i don’t want to get into it because i kno yall gone cancel it im just saying
Yes. we need season 2
NBC you left us hanging!!!! Taxi Brooklyn is a great show, bring it back!!! I finally found a decent show that has drama and humor in it without the garbage that other shows have added now it is cancelled??