Bravo Hires 'Taxicab' for Voyeuristic Marathon

Zap2It.com | December 28, 2006

'Taxicab Confessions'

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A fare to remember

On New Year's Eve, the backseat of a taxi is the only place you need to be for a healthy dose of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.

Bravo will premiere three episodes of HBO's "Taxicab Confessions" on Friday, Dec. 29, followed by a New Year's Eve marathon of the Emmy-winning docudrama.

The long-running HBO series featured producers posing as taxi drivers in cab-friendly cities such as New York City or Las Vegas. Using a hidden camera, the show would tape the passengers' confessions, which ranged from sexually explicit revelations and relationship problems to past traumas and heartwrenching sob stories.

"'Taxicab Confessions' was ground-breaking as one of the original reality series," says Bravo's Executive Vice President of Programming and Production, Frances Berwick. "This award-winning show was raw, moving and shocking while at the same time poignant in its portrayal of urban lifestyles."

Some highlights of the upcoming Bravo special include two besotted lesbian strippers who participate in a drive-thru wedding; a veteran pilot of the Spanish Civil War who remembers losing his best friend; and a couple that adds to place "they've done it."

The Dec. 29 premiere runs from 11 p.m.-2 a.m. ET/PT, while the New Year's Eve four-episode marathon begins on Dec. 31, airing 12:30-4:30 a.m.

Bravo, the home of "Project Runway," "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" and "Top Chef," acquired nine episodes of the critically acclaimed series in a deal with HBO. The first episode originally aired on HBO in 1995 and went on to win the Emmy award for outstanding informational special.