Deb is a shallow model with lawyer boyfriend Grayson Kent (Jackson Hurst). On the way to a Price is Right audition, she gets killed in a car accident. She goes to be judged by angel Fred (Ben Feldman). Fred is surprised that she has done no good deeds or bad deeds. She is so shallow that she has made no impact. Even more shocking, she pushes the return button. Her soul returns to earth into Jane Bingum (Brooke Elliott) who was shoot in her office. Jane was a workaholic disheveled lawyer. Now Deb has to live in chubby Jane's body with Jane's knowledge and Deb's memories. Fred is sent to earth to watch over Deb/Jane. She tells Deb's best friend Stacy Barrett (April Bowlby). Teri Lee (Margaret Cho) is Jane's assistant. Kim Kaswell (Kate Levering) is Jane's competitive coworker and Jay Parker (Josh Stamberg) is the boss. In the third season, Deb/Jane falls for lawyer Owen French (Lex Medlin). In addition to dealing with the new body, Deb/Jane is soon joined by Grayson at the law firm.This show starts off well with the nice mix of characters and the body image conflict. Brooke Elliott is a sassy lead and April Bowlby is loads of fun. Kate Levering is a solid villain/friend. It's a shame that Jane loses angel Fred after 3 seasons. Ben Feldman adds an endearing touch. Oddly enough, Margaret Cho is probably the least fun character in the show despite being the most obvious comedian in the group. The show lost me a little when it tried its hand in song and dance. I don't know where the idea of dancing lawyers came from. Also some of the stunt casting like the Kim Kardashian doesn't sit well with me. Despite the missteps, the likable cast keeps this a nice watch.

When my sister in law suggested Drop Dead Diva to me I wasn't expecting much. It sounded like a goofy and a cheesy TV series and just sounded absolutely ridiculous! But on one boring Saturday night I decided to give the Jane Bingam the benefit of the doubt and I was HOOKED! Brooke Elliot is a brilliant actress and plays the role to perfection. She manages to combine Deb and Jane into one character and makes the model disguised as a lawyer works. Jane is lovable, funny, fabulous, entertaining, caring. Her relationship with Grayson, Stacy, Teri, Jay, Fred, Kim, Owen is brilliant and keeps the plot fresh and new. Drop Diva is my guilty pleasure!

I sat in on the second half of an episode, and then watched the beginning of the next... that's all I could take. This show is that bad!The core plot makes no sense. If the skinny-now-fat girl can't remember the girl's past that she's in, then how can she get by being a lawyer at all? If she can, then why is she such an incompetent lawyer (that always wins in the ending anyway, because after all it's a show)? The dialogue is cheesy and predictable. And the court scenes don't resemble court in any way shape or form. The timeline doesn't even fit, or are the writer's unaware that you don't pick up a case on tuesday and then go to trial a week later? And what's worse about this show is that it's trying way too hard to push some moral message about fat people, like being unhealthy is something positive. Smart play I guess targeting fat people I guess since there are so many of them in this country.

Drop Dead Diva turned out to be much more than I expected. I thought it would be a typical chick show but it's actually a very good series. The characters are well written and likable (well except for Kim)and the guest appearances and lawsuits are interesting.The only part that seems unrealistic to me is the love and devotion Grayson had toward Deb. She seemed to be a typical shallow, not so bright model & wanna be actress where he is handsome, intelligent and a lawyer. I don't see that a guy like him would be so much in love with Deb that he is devastated when she dies and compares every woman to her. Maybe if the show had allowed us to get to know Deb before killing her in the first episode we might have seen some of the redeeming qualities that Grayson saw in her.Other than that this is the only show that I never, ever miss on TV.