• by David Goetzl  @dgoetzl, June 12, 2008

Noting the success of its drama "Army Wives," Lifetime Television has placed an initial order for 13 episodes of "Rita Rocks," an original half-hour comedy about a married working mom who becomes a musician in a garage band.

The series is set to debut this fall as part of an hour-long comedy block with 7-year-old former WB series "Reba." Debuting this fall, it stars Nicole Sullivan ("The King of Queens," "MADtv") and Richard Ruccolo ("Joey," "Two Guys and a Girl").

"Rita Rocks" is being produced by Media Rights Capital, which recently signed a deal to program Sunday nights on the CW.

"Army Wives," Lifetime's most-watched series in its history, returns in November with original episodes. That same month, the hit reality show "Project Runway", with Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, makes Lifetime its new home.

Also Wednesday, Lifetime competitor WE said it will debut five new specials this summer along with new seasons of "Bridezillas" (which started June 1) and two other series.