It's True: Drop Dead Diva Cheats Death, Scores Season 5 Renewal From Lifetime

It's True: Drop Dead Diva Cheats Death, Scores Season 5 Renewal From Lifetime

The diva still has a pulse!

Six weeks after Lifetime pulled the plug on Drop Dead Diva, the network has renewed the dramedy for a fifth season.

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According to our sister site Deadline, which first broke the news, Diva‘s producer Sony TV came up with a more feasible “financial model” for the show, paving the way for Lifetime’s about-face.

Thoughts? Are you enjoying this TV’s new un-cancellation trend (see also AMC’s The Killing, Fox’s Breaking In, etc)?


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