Lifetime Orders Up More Drop Dead Diva

There’s good news for fans of Lifetime’s summer series Drop Dead Diva. Lifetime has ordered thirteen new episodes of the series, which follows a shallow model-wannabe who dies and gets sent back to earth in the body of a plus-size attorney.

The Hollywood Reporter posted the news, stating that the new season will premiere in 2010. To be perfectly honest, I hadn’t even heard of this show until I saw this little bit of news but after reading the description for the first season, it actually sounds really good and worth checking out.

Below is the description of the first season, which is available for download on iTunes or streaming on Lifetime’s website:

“The show tells the story of a beautiful-but-vapid model wannabe, Deb, who has a fatal car accident and suddenly finds herself in front of Heaven's gatekeeper, Fred, who declares her a self-centered "zero." Outraged, Deb attempts to persuade Fred to return her to her shallow existence but is accidentally relegated to the body of the recently deceased Jane Bingum (Brooke Elliott). A brilliant, thoughtful and plus-size attorney with a loyal assistant (Margaret Cho), Jane has always lived in the shadow of her more comely colleagues, whereas Deb has always relied on her external beauty. Now, by a twist of fate and a bolt of divine intervention, Deb must come to terms with inhabiting Jane’s plus-size frame and learn to reconcile her beauty queen ways with her brilliant new mind.”