1.   ABC Entertainment chairman Stu Bloomberg said traditional family sitcoms may still get on the air, but less frequently, and certainly not without an unusual point of view.

2.   NBC sitcoms get a narrow nod tonight over the CBS forensics experts.

3.   Now sitcoms have gotten into the action, and just about everybody has gotten into season-ending hype.

4.   The drama trend continues, in part because sitcoms have gotten so lame and weary.

5.   There is also a consensus in the industry that the multi-camera sitcom has gotten stale.