In its guest-star packed season three premiere at 9:00pm (ET/PT) last night, Lifetime’s comedic drama Drop Dead Diva reached new heights in a number of key demographics, becoming the program’s most watched season premiere in Adults 25-54 (1,558,000), Adults 18-49 (1,318,000), Women 25-54 (1,215,000) and Women 18-49 (998,000), according to Nielsen Research. In addition, last night’s episode is Drop Dead Diva’s second most-watched telecast ever among Adults 25-54, Adults 18-49 and Women 25-54 (behind the series’ 8/30/09 telecast).

Among Adults 25-54, Drop Dead Diva’s season three premiere posted strong growth against previous season debuts, including +7% versus last season’s premiere (1,452,000) and up 18% versus its season one premiere in 2009 (1,317,000). Last night’s episode was +38% compared to the year to-date time period average (1,133,000). Versus the year-ago time period average (1,256,000), the series was up 24%.

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I’ve added HD captures of the season premiere last night, so glad to have the show back! The episode was a great start to season three.

- Television Productions > Drop Dead Diva > Season Three > Screen Captures > 3.01 – “Hit and Run”

You (and all of your most fabulous friends, of course) are invited to the hottest event every Sunday night on Lifetime! During new episodes of “Drop Dead Diva,” Sundays at 9 pm et/8c, we’ll be Tweeting during the show from the official “Drop Dead Diva” Twitter account — spoiler-free of course for our West Coast Divas!

In honor of the Season 3 Premiere this Sunday, “Drop Dead Diva” star Jackson Hurst will be Tweeting from his personal Twitter account, while Ben Feldman will be joining us on the “Drop Dead Diva” Twitter, answering fan questions and talking about the show!

 Join us on Twitter Sunday night, starting at 9 pm et. Come prepared with questions for the cast and Tweet with our handy dandy Diva hashtag: #DropDeadDiva to keep up with the conversation.

This weekend, it’s all about “Diva” on Lifetime! Watch the “Drop Dead Diva” Season 2 mini-marathon this Saturday, June 18 starting at 11 am et/10c before Sunday’s 9pm et/8c Season 3 Premiere on Lifetime!

Source: MyLifetime.com

Also: ‘Drop Dead Diva’ returns: Brooke Elliott talks season 3 spoilers!

I added 2 “Drop Dead Diva” Season 3 Promos and 2 stills from the Season 3 premiere airing June 19th.

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Television Productions > Drop Dead Diva > Season Three > Episode Stills > 3.01 – “Hit and Run”

Also, happy belated birthday to Ben! He turned 31 years old on May 27th.

MyLifetime.com is searching for the ultimate LMN Diva to program the network! Lifetime Movie Network is looking for its biggest fan — the most knowledgeable, enthusiastic, true-blue Lifetime movie fan ever. Prove it and you can become the LMN Diva for the Day. They will turn over the network to you on Memorial Day to schedule the movies you love — all day. Oh, and you get to hang out with the cast of “Drop Dead Diva,” and talk about the movies you picked and what makes you the most fabulous LMN Diva of them all! Runners-up will receive the ultimate Lifetime movie DVD package! For more information, click here.

Here’s a sneak peek of “Drop Dead Diva” Season 3 premiering June 2011 on Lifetime.

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Army Wives has been renewed by Lifetime for a fifth season, and Drop Dead Diva has been renewed for a third season!

LOS ANGELES, CA (September 23, 2010) – Lifetime Television has renewed its hit scripted series Army Wives and Drop Dead Diva for their fifth and third seasons, respectively, to premiere in 2011, during which 13 all-new episodes of each program will air on the network. The announcement was made today by Nancy Dubuc, President and General Manager of Lifetime Networks and HISTORY.

Regarding the announcement, Dubuc said, “Army Wives and Drop Dead Diva have lead Lifetime’s charge in scripted programming and are key components to our success. We are so happy with these two special programs and are excited to pick them up for new seasons, which allows us to launch our next generation of scripted series.”

Source: TVbytheNumbers.com

With Drop Dead Diva on hiatus, I’m using the time to catch up with missing Drop Dead Diva captures. So I’ve now added “Home Away From Home”.

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I’ve added HD Captures from the amazing 2-episode season finale. If you haven’t seen it yet, watch! It’s worth watching.

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- Television Productions > Drop Dead Diva > Season Two > Screen Captures > 2.12 & 2.13 – “Bad Girls / Freeze The Day”