Drop Dead Diva

Ben Feldman and Brooke Elliott in a scene from the premier episode of Drop Dead Diva. (Lifetime Television Photo)

Lifetime Television appears to have a hit on its hands with Drop Dead Diva.

The new weekly series debuted July 12 with its pilot. IMDB pro described it this way:

“When beautiful-but-vapid model wannabe Deb has a fatal car accident, she suddenly finds herself in front of Heaven's gatekeeper, Fred, who declares her a self-centered "zero." Outraged, she attempts to persuade Fred to return her to her shallow existence but is accidentally relegated to the body of the recently deceased Jane Bingum. A brilliant, thoughtful and plus-size attorney with a loyal assistant, Teri, 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 in the ultimate showdown between brains and beauty.”

July 19’s episode is The ‘F’ Word: “Deb discovers what life is like for Jane in her body as she takes on a case defending a cocktail waitress who is fired after she gains 50 lbs. Grayson and Kim represent a man in a divorce but the only thing he wants from back from his wife is his kidney.”

The third, Do Over, scheduled for broadcast July 26: “Jane's past catches up with her when a case from the prior year is up for retrial. Kim and Grayson sue a shrink who "cured" their client's husband of his multiple personalities, only she got rid of the wrong one.”

Among the stars of the new show are Brooke Elliott as Jane, Margaret Cho as Teri Lee and Ben Feldman as Fred.