71.   Even some network executives agree this is coming.

72.   Few network executives are entirely bullish about long-term prospects, though.

73.   Every network executive denies this, but the suspicion will persist until the pilots show a little multicultural casting.

74.   Fighting for more network executives of color would be fine if that were the primary problem.

75.   For several years, network executives have introduced fall seasons only to find to their horror that fewer and fewer viewers seem to care.

76.   Fox is under contract to broadcast a full season of episodes, and network executives say they continue to support the show fully.

77.   For network programming executives, the start of a new television season is always intense because the stakes are so high.

78.   Fragmentation, say network executives, means that big blocks of demographically desirable viewers, of the kind coveted by advertisers, are becoming rare.

79.   From the perspective of one full week of new shows, network executives have already declared the new television season a success.

80.   Giant egos elbowing for the spotlight and nincompoop network executives bucking for power are at the heart of this sorry story.