Underfunded

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Underfunded is a comedic drama on the United States cable television channel USA Network in the fashion of Psych and Monk.

It stars Mather Zickel as Darryl Freehorn, an agent in the Canadian Secret Service (CSS). Caught between a constricting budget and an inane American Intelligence Community, Freehorn works as a liaison with the U.S. State Department to solve international conspiracies and busts American prescription drug smugglers. Freehorn is frequently met with skepticism by American officials when he introduces himself as an agent of the CSS, to which he always responds with "We have one, too." Costar Joanna Canton plays Naomi Lutz, a smitten assistant to Freehorn bucking for a job as a full-blown agent. Occasionally over-enthusiastic, in the pilot she cites her knowledge of the West Wing on NBC as her qualification for a trip to Washington, D.C.

The show aired Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 10PM EDT. It is not yet clear whether the show is intended as a pilot episode for an ongoing series or a made for TV movie. Televised credits include Holt McCallany, Monika Schnarre and others as guest stars, implying that the production was intended to become a TV series. USA's website promotes Underfunded as a stand-alone movie, suggesting that production for a series will not continue. As of February, 2007, Underfunded does not appear at all on the schedule of the USA Network. The show is co-written and co-produced by David Breckman, from the production and writing staff at Monk.