The people that run the TV channels are probably good people too. I mean, clearly they can’t all be evil freakin’ people filled with evil, squirming stuffing. That’d make no sense, now would it?

But you have to wonder when you look at the faiths of such gems like “Firefly”, “Veronica Mars” and “Angel” - all of them shows that ended much too early, and I bet that if I googled hard enough I could come up with a hundred more shows just like ‘em.

However, at least those shows made it onto the little screen. Some good shows don’t even make it that far, even if their pilot was conceived, written and performed in an alternate dimension called “Awesome”.

“Global Frequency” is one such show. Let me tell you how I became a fan of something that doesn’t technically exist.

I originally stumbled upon this story while I was researching Warren Ellis, author of the much-loved novel “Crooked Little Vein”. Ellis is not only some sort of Internet Jesus in his own right (he’s got a godzillion websites, blogs, columns etc etc), but he’s also, and most importantly, the highly acclaimed comic author of such series as “Transmetropolitan”, “Planetary”, “NextWave”, “Fell” and lastly, “Global Frequency” (this is just a tiny sample of his output).

But I digress.

So while I was googling Warren Ellis with everything I got, I happened to also search his credentials on IMDb. And it so happened that he was mentioned as a writer for a show called “Global Frequency”. “Hallelujah”, I thought, “this must be good stuff”.

And indeed it was. In fact, it was really good. and easily the best un-aired pilot with crappy resolution I’ve ever seen.

The acting was good and the special effects were amazing for a low-budget pilot made in 2005. Imagine a merge between “Heroes” and “Alias” and you’ve pretty much got the feel of it covered, too. And though some parts of it was highly unbelievable, it kicked-ass hard enough for me to forgive those tidbits.

The Global Frequency is a urban myth. No, wait, it’s a fairy tale! It doesn’t exist; that’s what any sane person would tell you. But when Sean Flynn walks into an alley and stumbles upon a man that’s literally cut in two and answers a ringing phone, he begins to suspect that he was wrong about it not existing. Especially since said suspicion derives from the fact that the woman on the other side of the line tells him that he’s one the Global Frequency. But the problem remains: There’s a corpse cut in two no less than three feet from him and someone should catch the guy who did it.

The Global Frequency is an international organization that isn’t governmental, but formed and run by civilians that believe they can make a difference in the world. Miranda Zero (Michelle Forbes from “BSG”. And yes, she’s just as awesome in this, too) is their leader, and she recruits Sean to their cause. With the aid of physics specialists, they set out to track that what we later learn is a guy who’s a living bomb… Made in Soviet Russia!

Yes, that sounds a bit cheesy, and it is a bit cheesy too, but a lot less so than what “Buffy” and “Angel” was at times. The biggest problem is the believability of some of the events, and the fact that the Global Frequency has an unending stream of useful persons that they can call whenever they like. That tasted too much like deus-ex-machina for me.

However, I truly believe that those issues would have been addressed in later episodes and that if “Global Frequency” had made it onto the air, it would’ve been a smash hit just like “Supernatural”, “Smallville” and maybe even to the extent of “Heroes”. I enjoyed it thoroughly and can’t even imagine what the executives thought they were doing when they cut this show.

To hell with them, I say! I want more “Global Frequency” and I want it now!. Ahhh!!! The exasperation - it’s killing me!