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Paula Abdul opens 'Drop Dead Diva' for Lifetime, second season airs June 6

By April MacIntyre Mar 4, 2010, 17:43 GMT

Actress Paula Abdul visits an office in Beverly Hills, CA. on February 23, 2010. Paula looks to be on cloud nine after getting the recent news that she\'ll be getting her own show on Oprah\'s new upcoming channel! Fame Pictures, Inc - Santa Monica, CA, USA

A great series on Lifetime is back for its sophomore season.

The second season of Lifetime Television’s hit series, "Drop Dead Diva," will premiere Sunday, June 6, 2010, at 9pm ET/PT.  

The one-hour, comedic drama tells the story of a shallow wannabe skinny model who dies in a sudden accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a brilliant, plus-sized and recently deceased attorney, Jane. 

Produced by Sony Pictures Television, Drop Dead Diva features breakout star Brooke Elliott, Margaret Cho, Jackson Hurst,  Kate Levering,  April Bowlby, Josh Stamberg and Ben Feldman. 

The second season of Drop Dead Diva will feature 13 new episodes.

The season two opener will feature reality TV judge and singer/dancer Paula Abdul reprising her role as “Judge Paula Abdul,” a figment of Jane’s subconscious. 

Devon Gummersall and David Denman are cast as guest stars this season. 

The premiere episode will also feature a musical dream sequence, choreographed by So You Think You Can Dance’s Keith “Tyce” Diorio.

Bonus:  Sunday, May 30, Lifetime will air an all-day marathon of the first season of Drop Dead Diva from 10am to 11pm ET/PT.

Background:

A beautiful-but-vapid model wannabe Deb, suddenly finds herself in front of Heaven’s gatekeeper, Fred (Feldman), following a fatal car crash.  Outraged by her sudden demise, 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 (Elliott).  An intelligent, thoughtful and plus-size attorney with a loyal assistant, Teri (Cho),

Jane has always lived in the shadow of her colleagues whereas Deb has always relied on her external beauty.  By a twist of fate and a bolt of divine intervention, Deb must come to terms with inhabiting Jane’s curvier frame and learn to reconcile her beauty queen ways with her brilliant, new mind.

At the close of last season, Deb was ready to let go of her past and embrace her new life as Jane.  But the unexpected arrival of Jane’s “secret” husband Ethan (Gummersall) at her doorstep left her with more questions than ever. 

To make matters worse, Jane may be disbarred after breaching client-attorney confidentiality when, against the firm’s advisement, she reported her client for fraud.  Faced with a new love triangle and the uncertainty of her career, Jane must, once-again, chart out a new future for herself.

Some of the guest stars throughout the first season of Drop Dead Diva included Abdul, Liza Minnelli, Rosie O’Donnell, Tim Gunn, Delta Burke, Nia Vardalos, Kathy Najimy, Jorja Fox, Elliott Gould and Gregory Harrison.