Tru Calling is an American television supernatural drama

Supernatural drama

Supernatural drama is a subgenre of fantasy combining elements of supernatural fiction and the drama genre. This genre deals with ghosts and other paranormal topics, but without the tone and scares associated with the horror genre...

 series that premiered on Fox Network

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 on October 30, 2003. It ran for two seasons before being canceled.

Created by Jon Harmon Feldman

Jon Harmon Feldman

Jon Harmon Feldman is an American screenwriter and director.He has created and worked on TV series such as The Wonder Years, Tru Calling, Reunion, Dawson's Creek, Doctor, Doctor,American Dreams, Roswell, American Town, Dirty Sexy Money and Big Shots .He wrote and directed the 1997 romantic comedy...

, the series was produced by Original Film

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, Oh That Gus!, Inc., and 20th Century Fox Television

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.

The show stars Eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku

Eliza Patricia Dushku is an American actress known for her television roles, including recurring appearances as Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel. She starred in two Fox series, Tru Calling and Dollhouse...

 as Tru Davies, a woman who intended to go to medical school

Medical school

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 after graduating from college, but ends up taking a job at the city morgue

Morgue

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. It is while working at the morgue that dead bodies start asking her for help and Tru re-lives the day, trying to keep a death from happening.
Tru Davies (Eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku

Eliza Patricia Dushku is an American actress known for her television roles, including recurring appearances as Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel. She starred in two Fox series, Tru Calling and Dollhouse...

) is a young woman who intended to go to medical school after graduating from college.