“Wonderfalls” executive producer Bryan Fuller gives a hint as to what was in the nine remaining unaired episodes:

“The episode that would have been next week kicks off all the franchise-y, arc-y stuff for the series,” he says, “whereas the episodes we’ve aired so far have been establishing the scenario… The next episode, ‘Crime Dog,’ kicks it off in a big way. We have Jaye’s brother, who learns that she’s a little bit crazy, and it starts his arc of becoming the first apostle. We have all sorts of nitty-gritty juiciness with Sharon, the lesbian Republican lawyer sister. We’re hoping the tone and scope of these episodes will have a lot of promise for another network and be a tasty little treat to tempt them into picking us up.”

Sigh… I hope we get to see them. He’s trying to pitch “Wonderfalls” to other networks, such as the WB and UPN. “I think the show would make a great companion piece with ‘Smallville’ on The WB,” he says. He vows to continue until “I’ve been told ‘no’ by all the networks.” Go, Bryan, go!

This article gives some of the reasons why “Wonderfalls” wasn’t given a chance to succeed. Executive producer Todd Holland sadly concludes:

“I feel like the sort of wonder you can create from small worlds of fiction is totally in danger of extinction because people — the audience or the networks — don’t have the patience to nurture that kind of journey… Anything you don’t nurture and feed, withers. Our imaginations, our dreaming spirits, are in danger of giving up.”

Amen, and that’s sad. After the Passover seder on Tuesday night, my brother and his girlfriend watched a tape of the previous night’s finale of “Aver*ge Joe,” which she’s apparently obsessed with (and which I have Google-proofed in this sentence). Matt and I sat and watched it with them for a few minutes, and I was not the least bit entertained. Reality TV just makes me feel icky.

Maybe I’ll have to start reading books again — or at least make better use of my TiVo and my DVD player.