Backstage West's 5 Minute Sitcom How-To

What a Buzz Mill! (From Backstage West)

Their key points:

Keep it simple, keep it short, do it often.

Good advice for everyone. They have an interesting quote from an exec from the (now defunct) Revver, who says that 3.5 minutes seems to be the sweetspot. Speaking from experience, this may be the case as there's a definite 2nd act lag in most five minute scripts (including, alas, mine), but I'm hoping this problem is surmountable because 3point5minutesitcom.com doesn't really have the same ring.