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?
My whole family loved this show. VERY DISAPPOINTING!!!! I see some of the shows that get renewed and it leaves me scratching my head. Please reconsider.
I just finished watching the first season on Netflix as well ; the acting was weak in places but the characters were good, the story lines were good overall and there was a good mix of comic relief with action and suspense. I hope they bring it back. It might not be “art” but it is a lot better than a lot of the drivel that does get renewed somehow.
We loved this show. So disappointed there is no 2nd season
I loved it always looking for new shows to watch. I would love to see a second season.
NBC must be run by total idiots! This show deserves at least another season, great plot, great actors and it kept me intrigued thru every episode which is saying alot since I can’t evendors get thru most episodes of the drival that passes for entertainment. Come on NBC, get your heads out of your a$$.
just watched season 1 on netflix great show maybe netflix could pick up the second season
NBC is run by a bunch of A-HOLES !!
Taxi Brooklyn was getting better all the time and I got really Interested by the End of Season One .
I can NOT Believe that NBC has such IDIOTS working there and they Cancel some of their BEST Shows ,, DAM ! DAM ! DAM ! DAM ! DAM ! DAM ! DAM ! DAM ! DAM !
LAME NBC!!!
I WANT THE SHOW BACK Please I WANNA FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO NECIO AND LEOS WIFE
Just watched on Netflix, amazing series! Truly loved it, but now I want to watch season 2 only to find out its been canceled…SO disappointed!
good show
I really hope it gets picked back up, it was a tv show that was easy to get attached to, and with the cliff hanger at the end of the first season its just cruel to not renew it
I totally agree!
Just watched season 1 on Netflix! Top notch series that truly deserves a follow up!
Really hoping that the powers that be give it another season!!! Go go go Taxi Brooklyn!
nbc should’ve given this show another season & promoted it more – i caught it on netflix, didn’t know about it thru nbc –
i loved the characters, the cop & cabbie: GREAT PAIR!
I like it, it has a good plot to it. Sometimes predictable, but still good. I hope it gets picked back up