12 September 1978 - 10 June 1982 (ABC)
30 September 1982 - 20 July 1983 (NBC)
Created by Ed. Weinberger, David Davis,
Stan Daniels, and James L. Brooks
Taxi was a decidedly adult situation comedy. It focused on the lives of a small group of New York City cab drivers who were searching for a better way to make a living. Bobby Wheeler was the would-be actor. Elaine Nardo, an attractive divorced mother of two, who would rather be in the art business full time. Tony Banta was a prize fighter without a fight. The only driver who considers himself a career cabbie is Alex Rieger, the most down-to-earth of the bunch and the one everybody turns to for wisdom and advice.
Though this show celebrated the optimism of dreamers with warmth and biting humor, it distinguished itself by having in its ensemble cast a memorable array of outcasts, losers and eccentrics. Characters like tyrannical, self-loathing Louie DePalma, spaced-out drug casualty Reverend Jim, immigrant from a foreign land Latka Gravas, and Latka's wife, Simka, who was also from "the old country" had no predecessors in television history, and they probably won't be heard from again anytime soon.
Taxi finished in Nielsen's Top Ten at the end of its first season and won the first of its three consecutive Emmys as Outstanding Comedy Series. Nevertheless, ratings dipped slightly during the second season and dropped significantly thereafter. ABC canceled the series after four seasons, and NBC quickly picked it up. Unfortunately, the ratings failed to improve, and NBC dropped Taxi after a single season.
Did You Know?
A ninety-minute series retrospective, "The Best of Taxi", aired on CBS 19 December 1994.
"Taxi" joined Nick at Nite's Classic TV lineup during Taxi Appreciation Week in November 1994.
The show was inspired by a magazine article about the drivers who worked for the Mahattan's Daver Cab Company in New York.
Cast Pictures
Emmys
Quotes and Theme Song
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30 September 1982 - 20 July 1983 (NBC)
Created by Ed. Weinberger, David Davis,
Stan Daniels, and James L. Brooks
Taxi was a decidedly adult situation comedy. It focused on the lives of a small group of New York City cab drivers who were searching for a better way to make a living. Bobby Wheeler was the would-be actor. Elaine Nardo, an attractive divorced mother of two, who would rather be in the art business full time. Tony Banta was a prize fighter without a fight. The only driver who considers himself a career cabbie is Alex Rieger, the most down-to-earth of the bunch and the one everybody turns to for wisdom and advice.
Though this show celebrated the optimism of dreamers with warmth and biting humor, it distinguished itself by having in its ensemble cast a memorable array of outcasts, losers and eccentrics. Characters like tyrannical, self-loathing Louie DePalma, spaced-out drug casualty Reverend Jim, immigrant from a foreign land Latka Gravas, and Latka's wife, Simka, who was also from "the old country" had no predecessors in television history, and they probably won't be heard from again anytime soon.
Taxi finished in Nielsen's Top Ten at the end of its first season and won the first of its three consecutive Emmys as Outstanding Comedy Series. Nevertheless, ratings dipped slightly during the second season and dropped significantly thereafter. ABC canceled the series after four seasons, and NBC quickly picked it up. Unfortunately, the ratings failed to improve, and NBC dropped Taxi after a single season.
Did You Know?
A ninety-minute series retrospective, "The Best of Taxi", aired on CBS 19 December 1994.
"Taxi" joined Nick at Nite's Classic TV lineup during Taxi Appreciation Week in November 1994.
The show was inspired by a magazine article about the drivers who worked for the Mahattan's Daver Cab Company in New York.
Cast Pictures
Emmys
Quotes and Theme Song
Visit the "TAXI" Webpage
Taxi Tribute
Home
Click here only if the sidebar does not appear to the left
Taxi Tribute