‘Rita’ Rocks as Lifetime Orders Full Season

By Christopher Perez

Lifetime has ordered a full season of original comedy “Rita Rocks.” With the announcement, seven more episodes will be produced to bring the series’ first-season order to 20.

The comedy, which stars Nicole Sullivan as an overworked wife and mother, airs Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. on the cable network and has enjoyed good ratings since its Oct. 20 premiere.

“Having a nearly 100% audience retention rate is unheard of when launching a new comedy, but ‘Rita Rocks’ has achieved that feat,” said Lifetime’s Executive VP of Entertainment JoAnn Alfano in a statement. “We are extremely happy with this early success.”