Taxi Moves To NBC - 1982 TV Promo

The NBC television network aired this promo in 1982 to promote the move of "Taxi" from ABC to NBC. "Taxi" was on ABC TV from 1978 until 1982, and on NBC for one year. NBC removed "Mama's Family" to make way for "Taxi." The series also starred Judd Hirsch, Andy Kaufman and Marilu Henner. Video remains the property of NBC, all rights reserved.

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[mrceleb2006]

"Same time, better station."

[masternate61]

i love devito this is hilarious. takin a punch at abc

[AresCassell]

One of the funniest sitcoms

[shobielim]

The promo seen recorded off on KRON-TV Channel 4 in Bay Area.

[woohooboy]

"TaxI" was on the air for five years. The first four was on ABC (1978-1982) and the last was on NBC (1982-1983) For the first two years the show was a ratings hit. It finished it's first season in 10th place with 18.5 million viewers. The second season saw the show drop slightly in ratings, but it was still a strong peformer in 13th place with 17 million viewers

Then ABC moved the show and the ratings fell BIG TIME. The last two years it was on ABC "Taxi" bombed and the move to NBC didn't help

[mrceleb2006]

@AarHan3 Well, the network change did not help "Taxi"'s ratings, it was cancelled after only one season on NBC following a successful four-season run on ABC.

R.I.P. Jeff Conaway (10/5/1950-5/27/2011)

[AarHan3]

@mrceleb2006 Not exactly! :^X

[pooka5472]

@VaultMasterDBT Exactly what I was saying.

[VaultMasterDBT]

Taxi moved to NBC in September 1982. Mama's Family didn't premiere until January 1983.

[BIG7THHEAVENFAN]

Perhaps ABC decided to drop TAXI.

[zymaymyn]

The May before this commercial aired, DeVito hosted SNL. He was sitting on his cab, with a detonator, and blew up the ABC building.

[retroguy1976]

i didnt know taxi was on nbc i thought it ran the whole time on abc