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Nicole Sullivan Rocks New Lifetime Sitcom
Lifetime has ordered 13 episodes of the half-hour comedy Rita Rocks to premiere this fall as part of a one-hour comedy block with Reba.Rita will star The King of Queens' Nicole Sullivan as a married working mom who, in order to put some excitement back into her humdrum life, relives her wilder days as a musician in a garage band. The series also features Richard Ruccolo (Joey, Two Guys and a Girl) and Tisha Campbell-Martin (My Wife and Kids, Martin).Following the huge numbers from Army Wives' second-season premiere, it looks like Lifetime is becoming more aggressive in its pursuit of original programming. Do you think this comedy will keep the ball rolling? — Adam Bryant
Lifetime has ordered 13 episodes of the half-hour comedy
Rita Rocks to premiere this fall as part of a one-hour comedy block with
Reba.
Rita will star
The King of Queens'
Nicole Sullivan as a married working mom who, in order to put some excitement back into her humdrum life, relives her wilder days as a musician in a garage band. The series also features
Richard Ruccolo (
Joey,
Two Guys and a Girl) and
Tisha Campbell-Martin (
My Wife and Kids,
Martin).
Following the
huge numbers from Army Wives' second-season premiere, it looks like Lifetime is becoming more aggressive in its pursuit of original programming. Do you think this comedy will keep the ball rolling? -
Adam Bryant