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Paula Abdul to guest star on Lifetime TV Drop Dead Diva

September 10, 3:20 PMCable TV ExaminerChristine Nyholm
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Paula Abdul will no longer be seen on American Idol, but fans will able to see the former Idol judge on The Lifetime comedy Drop Dead Diva. Abdul will guest star on the episode debuting on September 13, 2009. The Dress.
 

Drop Dead Diva is a hit Lifetime TV comedy that  premiered on July 12, 2009. The cast includes Brooke Elliott, Brooke D'Orsay, Ben Feldman, Margaret Cho, Jackson Hurst, Kate Levering, April Bowlby and Josh Stamberg.
 

The one hour comedic drama is the story of Deb (Brooke D'Orsay) , a shallow model who suddenly dies and finds herself coming back to life, only in the body of brilliant but overweight attorney Jane Bingham (Brook Elliott). Margaret Cho portrays Jane Bingham's L to R: Paula Abdul and Brooke Elliott star in the spirited new comedic drama Drop Dead Diva, airing Sunday, September 13, at 9pm ET/PT, on Lifetime Television.loyal assistant at the law firm.
 

Jane has always lived in the shadow of her more comely colleagues wheres Deb has always relied on her external beauty. Twist of fate means that Deb must come to terms with living in Jane's curvier frame in a showdown between brains and beauty.
 

The only people who know that Deb lives in Jane Bingham's body are her best friend and her angel Fred (Ben Feldman), who has gotten a low level job at the law firm where Jane is a lawyer.
 

The series is a comedy with lessons about the judgment at people make about the way people look and the value placed on physical attributes. Paula Abdul guest-stars in the spirited new comedic drama Drop Dead Diva, airing Sunday, September 13, at 9pm ET/PT, on Lifetime Television.
 

Paula Abdul is just one of the guest stars of the first season.. Guest stars throughout the first season of Drop Dead Diva include Paula Abdul, Rosie O’Donnell, Tim Gunn, Liza Minnelli, Delta Burke, Sharon Lawrence, Kathy Najimy, Nia Vardalos, Jorja Fox, Teri Polo, Gregory Harrison, Mark Moses, Marla Sokoloff, Shirley Knight, Faith Price, Devon Gummersall, Elliott Gould, Chuck Woolery and Diedrich Bader.

The stylish series on Lifetime TV is from Sony Pictures Television. Drop Dead Diva was created by Josh Berman and executive produced by Josh Berman, Alex Taub, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron and David Petrarca.
 

Drop Dead Diva airs on Lifetime TV on Sunday nights at 9 PM ET, following the Lifetime series Army Wives, which airs at 8 PM ET.

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