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Drop Dead Diva marathon, Cho chats and Paula Abdul preview clip!

By April MacIntyre May 29, 2010, 7:13 GMT

05/05/2010 - Margaret Cho - 2010 A&E Upfront - Arrivals - IAC Building - New York City, NY, USA © Charles Norfleet / PR Photos

We have news of a "Drop Dead Diva" marathon this weekend, a chat with Margaret Cho AND a sneak peek of Paula Abdul's guest starring spot, courtesy of Lifetime.

On Sunday, May 30th - a Drop Dead Diva Season one Marathon begins.

Starting at 10am and running all day, viewers can catch up on all of the first season laughs and drama.

This past week Margaret Cho spoke to journalists on a group conference call and shared some insight into her character Teri:

Cho on what keeps challenging her about the role of Teri:

M. Cho I think that the character was written – sometimes I think a lot of the characters developed between my conversations just with Josh Berman and hanging out and things that I've said and done, they wind up in script.  I don't find her particularly snarky. 

She reminds me of an office crone.  It's real like kind of a character out of a Nine to Five or something. She is just a fun gal who has been around that place forever, and she knows everything, and so I'm kind of the source for information, but I guess it comes with a price.

I keep finding out new things about the character as things develop.  So this year, I find out that my character is a singer, which I open the second season with a big music and dance number which is a lot of fun. 

I also have a soundtrack song.  I made a record this year called Cho Dependent which will be out in August, and one of the songs that I wrote that didn't make it on the album I put on the soundtrack record.  So I made part of the soundtrack as well so that's a lot of fun, too.

Cho on Teri's journey in season two:

M. Cho: Well, we are about halfway through the season filming it.  I haven't seen a love interest so far, but there is still time.  We never find out about our characters much like farther than another episode in, so I don't know. 

Now we're shooting I guess the ninth episode, so I can't tell.  We have about four more to go.  I haven't seen a love interest so far.  There's been a lot of talk about, but I’ve not seen it. 

Cho on her favorite scene to shoot so far for season two:

M. Cho: I think my favorite scene was doing the big song and dance number just because it opens up season two in a very spectacular way.  I love singing and so that's kind of my new thing. 

So it's fun to be able to do that on a TV show, and then to be dancing and doing it at the same time is really fabulous.  So that was my favorite so far.

M&C was sent a preview highlighting guest star Paula Abdul’s appearance on the June 6th premiere of Drop Dead Diva!

Get a glimpse of her hot dance sequence including Brooke Elliot and Margaret Cho:

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