''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

* Kelli Giddish as Dr. Kate McGinn * Nicholas Bishop as Price Whatley *

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

Production

The series was created by

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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. Fox aired the remaining episodes of ''Past Life'' from May 28 until June 4, 2010. On June 8, 2010, Fox announced that they would not air the final two episodes of ''Past Life''.

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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