Eliza Dushku

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) It’s been a little over a month since FOX announced that it had scaled back production on the second season of "Tru Calling" from 13 episodes to six, and handed over its Thursday, Nov. 4, premiere date to the summer soap opera "North Shore." Series producer Jon Harmon Feldman has been working on the post-production for the six episodes of the fantasy series starring Eliza Dushku ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") as Tru, a med student and morgue attendant who can go back a day in time to prevent deaths.

After FOX had been quick on the trigger finger to cancel such series as "Harsh Realm," "Lone Gunmen," "Firefly" and "Wonderfalls," many were surprised when the low-rated "Tru" not only made it through its first season up against "Survivor" and "Friends," but looked to be coming back for a second.

"There have been rumors flying about [’Tru’ going to] The WB," Feldman says, "although, at this point, I believe them to be only rumors, nothing more. They picked us up, as I was told, because they were excited about the direction of the show. They know what a tough time slot we were in, and they really believed that, based on the growth of the show, where we were heading, what we had planned for next season, that they wanted to see more of us. "The only thing I’ve hard is that this decision was a business decision, to allocate money to shows that perhaps they thought had bigger futures or breakout potential. I’m not really sure how to characterize that. Obviously, when you work in network television, you always know these possibilities exist, but the way it went down was somewhat of a surprise."

The addition of Jason Priestley as Tru’s opposite number and rival at the end of last season gave the show a creative boost.

"The irony is," Feldman says, "creatively, they’ve never been happier with the direction we were going. We had Jason as a full-time adversary, and Jason and Eliza’s story had interesting twists. That’s why I don’t think this was a creative decision — in fact, I know it wasn’t a creative decision.

"If there’s any slight silver lining — although certainly it’s a Pyrrhic victory — is that it was not a creative decision. That is the hollowest of victories."

The first season of "Tru Calling" is set to be released by Fox Home Video on DVD on Nov. 30. Harmon hopes fans will get a chance to see the remaining episodes.

"There has been talk of releasing season two, the six episodes, to DVD as well. I hope that happens. It won’t allow us to complete the arc that we were starting, but perhaps if we do release season two to DVD, at least it will give some of the creative people an opportunity to not only show those six episodes but also tell the fans what was going to happen. Those are stories worth hearing, worth telling."

FOX has yet to announce a season premiere date for "Tru."

"The network has not said they won’t air these six," Harmon says, "but obviously you don’t know what will happen. I am not planning a viewing party at this point."