Tru Calling

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1. #001

   Eliza Dushku turned down an offer to star in a spin-off series for her Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) character Faith, choosing to make Tru Calling instead.

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2. #002

   After the first season finale, FOX came close to cancelling the series but did not, because ratings rose midway through the first season and its rival NBC's Friends (1994) was in its final season, so FOX decided to renew the show and give it another chance. After FOX renewed it for a second season, in the week the sixth episode was shot it cut the episode order from thirteen back to six. On the final day of filming, the cast and crew were told the series had been cancelled.

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3. #003

   The series was cancelled by FOX, which thought the new show Point Pleasant (2005) would perform better after The O.C. than Tru Calling (2003). Point Pleasant was cancelled before completing its thirteen episodes.

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4. #004

   The role of Tru was written with Eliza Dushku in mind, but Jon Harmon Feldman did not think she would actually take the part.

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5. #005

   Zach Galifianakis (Davis) did not enjoy working on the series. Right after the table reads he would throw the script in the bin, make sarcastic remarks to the writers and leave. He also smoked a great deal of marijuana off set.

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6. #006

   Heath Freeman appears as Cameron, a character who was meant to be recurring, in the Pilot (2003). He was written out of the series after negative reactions from test audiences.

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7. #007

   Clare Kramer appeared as a guest star in Drop Dead Gorgeous (2004). She and Eliza Dushku appeared in Bring It On (2000) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).

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8. #008

   Eliza Dushku starring in this television series was the main reason she could not potentially join the fifth and final season of Angel.

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