''Past Life'' is an American

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television series which aired on

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from February 9 to June 4, 2010. The series premiered on Tuesday, February 9 at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central. After the premiere, subsequent airings were broadcast on Thursdays beginning February 11, during the 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central timeslot.

Cast

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as Dr. Kate McGinn *

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as Price Whatley *

Richard Schiff Richard Schiff (born May 27, 1955) is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on ''The West Wing'', a role for which he received an Emmy Award. Schiff made his directorial debut with ''The West Wing'', directing ...

as Dr. Malachi Talmadge * Ravi Patel as Dr. Rishi Karna

Production

The series was created by

David Hudgins David Hudgins (born 1965 in Durham, North Carolina) is an American television writer and showrunner. He has worked on ''Everwood'', '' Friday Night Lights'', '' Parenthood'', and '' Shut Eye''. He created the drama series '' Past Life'' and '' Gam ...

and inspired by the 2007 book ''The Reincarnationist'', a crime thriller by M. J. Rose, whose main character, Josh Ryder, solves a 21st-century crime with memories and clues from his past life in

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. Although seven episodes were produced, the series was canceled after three episodes aired due to rapidly declining ratings. The network announced plans to air the remaining episodes on successive Friday nights from May 28 to June 4, 2010. On June 8, Fox announced that they would not air the final two episodes.

Episodes

International broadcast

In the Netherlands the series aired with ''

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'' on

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every Thursday. In Portugal the series aired on

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throughout July and August 2010. In Spain the series aired on

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every Sunday until the episode "All Fall Down". In Italy the series aired on

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starting from Sunday, January 9, 2011. In Croatia the series aired on

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starting from Friday, June 16, 2011. In Bulgaria the series aired on

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starting from September 8, 2012 at 20:00.

References

External links

''Past Life'' official website at FOX.com
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''Past Life'' Info Archive
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