Drop Dead Diva
A model's soul returns to life in a plus-sized lawyer's body.
The series follows a shallow model who dies and finds her soul in the body of a brilliant, plus-sized attorney.[1] Berman stated the show aimed to redefine Hollywood's beauty paradigm beyond "size 2 and under 25".[2]
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Comedy drama
- Fantasy
- Legal drama
- Creator
- Josh Berman
- Composer
- Scott Starrett; Danny Lux
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Seasons
- 6
- Episodes
- 78
- Editor
- Tirsa Hackshaw
- Augie Hess
- John Murray
- Thomas R. Moore
- Noah Pontell
- J. Scott Harvey
- Jim Page
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
Filming took place in Peachtree City, Georgia, and Senoia, Georgia, with principal photography in a hangar at Atlanta Regional Airport.[3] The season-four finale had 2.76 million viewers, a season high.[4] One and a half months later, Lifetime reversed its decision and renewed the series for a fifth season.[5][4] The production of the series was located in Georgia because of tax incentives offered there.[3]
Lifetime declared on January 15, 2013, that the show would not continue past its fourth season.[4] The network's choice to end the series followed discussions with Sony Pictures Television about reducing expenses.[4] A sixth and final season was ordered by Lifetime in October 2013.[5] The sixth season began airing on March 23, 2014, and its final episode aired on June 22, 2014.[5]
What the cited sources add
A Deadline Hollywood report states Drop Dead Diva earned multiple GLAAD Awards and a Humanitas nomination.[1] The same report notes the series developed a devoted fan following that helped reverse its cancellation after four seasons.[1] A Geektown page reports the show was dropped by Sky Living in the UK and then made available on Netflix.[6] A South Korean adaptation, Goddess of the Court, was announced by MBC in 2017.[7]
Production on a Spanish-language version, Ligeramente diva, started in May 2022 by Sony Pictures Television Latin America, and it debuted on Mercado Play on June 18, 2024.[8]
References
- Andreeva, "'Drop Dead Diva' Reboot 'Drop Dead Dave' In Works At CBS From Josh Berman; Jamie Babbit To Direct", Deadline Hollywood, September 15, 2021. facts only, no text reused. deadline.com
- Wikipedia, "Drop Dead Diva" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Levin, "Lifetime's 'Drop Dead Diva' redefines beauty", USA Today, May 11, 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Drop Dead Diva" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Munford, "PTC-filmed 'Drop Dead Diva' comes back to life", TheCitizen.com, March 7, 2013; Eldredge, "Peachtree City doubles as L.A. for another season", Atlanta Magazine, June 1, 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Drop Dead Diva" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ng, "Lifetime's 'Drop Dead Diva' Canceled", The Hollywood Reporter, January 15, 2013; Memmott, "Dropped Drop Dead Diva gets picked up after all", USA Today (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Drop Dead Diva" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rice, "Lifetime renews 'Drop Dead Diva'", October 25, 2013; Goldberg, "Lifetime's 'Drop Dead Diva' to End After Sixth Season (Exclusive)", The Hollywood Reporter, February 13, 2014 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Drop Dead Diva", Geektown, March 2, 2013. facts only, no text reused. geektown.co.uk
- Wikipedia, "Drop Dead Diva" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0002693749 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Drop Dead Diva" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "SPT Latin America Starts Production on Ligeramente Diva", todotvnews.com, May 25, 2022; Almaguer, "La serie de comedia "Ligeramente Diva" de Sony Pictures llega en exclusiva a Mercado Play", El Heraldo de México, June 18, 2024 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Drop Dead Diva (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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