Last week on The View, Sherri Shepherd showed off her new body, clad in a bathing suit, and now it seems there was more to her remake than just good health and looking better. Shepherd's Lifetime sitcom, Sherri, will premiere on October 5, and you just know it's her intention to score a big time success. Lifetime has had this in the works for months. This is the network's first fully-owned sitcom, so you gotta believe the net has a lot of faith in Sherri.

The show is based on Shepherd's stand-up, which is the same formula that worked for Roseanne, Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond), Tim Allen (Home Improvement) and a half-dozen other comics, and the exposure Sherri gets from The View won't hurt at all.

The same demographic that watches The View tunes in to Lifetime shows like Drop Dead Diva and Army Wives. Oh, and don't forget the Lifetime movies. Ladies love Lifetime.

Add Sherri to the mix with a second season of Rita Rocks, and you can see how Lifetime plans to corner the female market. According to S.S., her show is ... "what Lifetime is all about -- friendships between women and how you overcome problems."

Hopefully, it will also be about jokes and laughs, the main reason people -- women -- watch situation comedies. One other thing in Sherri's favor is being on cable. Chances are that a year from now we'll be talking about Sherri getting a second season while Jenna Elfman's CBS sitcom Accidentally On Purpose might be nothing more than a fleeting memory.