Last week my column dealt with the appalling lack of spaceship shows on television today. I suggested we address this shamfeul situation with a variety of new shows including one called "Hiatus," which was destined to glow brightly in the creative heavens and then get tragically cancelled midseason. It was a joke, you see.

But, as happens whenever work of such brilliance is treated disgracefully by the networks and unheeded by the reality-show-gulping public, "Hiatus" is now attracting a growing number of fans who are clamoring for its return. The fact that the show lacks a plot, characters, or, technically, existence is entirely beside the point. The love of an obsessive fan knows no bounds, and the Snakes-on-a-Plane people need something to keep them busy now anyway.

So for all you devoted "Hiatus" fans out there, I offer you these behind-the-scenes tidbits.

12 Things You Never Knew About "Hiatus"

1. The idea for ship's communications to be in Esperanto was the suggestion of child actress and cast member Julia Twee ('Arcus') Bohammin. It wasn't discovered until after the voiceovers had already been recorded that she had been kidding.

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