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Sometimes life isn’t fair. Or at least that’s what shallow and beautiful model Deb (Brook D’Orsay, How I Met Your Mother) thinks when she dies in an accident and her soul resurfaces in the body of a brilliant, plus-size attorney Jane (Brooke Elliott) in Lifetime Television’s new comedy Drop Dead Diva.
Drop Dead Diva will premiere on Sunday, July 12 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Will Deb be able to accept her new life as Jane? Can she cope with having to use her brains, instead of her looks, to get her by? Or can she incorporate both to get her way? Is the boyfriend from her former life only love her outer beauty?
Here’s a preview which gives a look at the new show which will air on the same night as Lifetime’s popular series Army Wives.
Margaret Cho will play Jane’s loyal assistant Teri. Others starring include Jackson Hurst (The Tree of Life), Kate Levering (Cashmere Mafia), April Bowlby (Two and a Half Men), Josh Stamberg (Lie to Me), Brooke D’Orsay (How I Met Your Mother) and Ben Feldman (The Perfect Man).
Guest stars throughout the first season of Drop Dead Diva include Rosie O’Donnell, Tim Gunn, Sharon Lawrence, Kathy Najimy, Jorja Fox, Teri Polo, Elliott Gould, Chuck Woolery and Diedrich Bader.
It will be interesting to see the direction this new show will take as it relates to stereotypes. One aspect is seeing through Deb’s eyes how the world treats Jane, an average woman. Not everyone can look like a model and not everyone can be the smartest person in the room. Do people view beauty over brains or brains over beauty? I think this show will take a look at how the world looks at people – on the outside and the inside.
In partnership with women’s non-profit organizations, including Step Up Women’s Network and The National Association of Women Lawyers, Lifetime will guide a public discussion about stereotypes, work/life balance and being healthy at every size. In collaboration with self-esteem and body image expert and author Jess Weiner, viewers will be driven each week to mylifetime.com for “toolkits” that will lead “positive, entertaining and informative discussions about the issues that each episode raises.
Image: Kannie Yu LaPack, Lifetime