The premise was high-concept candy. Deb Dobson (Brooke D’Orsay) is a vapid, aspiring model who dies in a car crash. In the afterlife, she hits the "return" button on an angel’s keyboard, but due to a cosmic glitch, her soul lands in the body of Jane Bingum (Brooke Elliott), a brilliant, plus-size attorney who had just been shot.
Here’s a comprehensive feature look at Drop Dead Diva (2009–2014), the cult-favorite Lifetime dramedy that blended legal cases, supernatural reincarnation, body positivity, and heartfelt comedy. drop dead divas
The show attracted a rotating door of cameos, often playing exaggerated versions of themselves: The premise was high-concept candy