High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rita Rocks is a Lifetime original sitcom that premiered on October 20, 2008. It is the network`s first original comedy in over a decade. The series debuted alongside re-runs of Reba as part of a new comedy hour for Tuesday nights, which later changed to Monday nights. The show stars Nicole Sullivan as Rita, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Richard Ruccolo, Raviv Ullman, and Kelly Gould.