Underfunded
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Underfunded is a comedy-drama
made-for-TV movie
that aired the United States
cable television
channel USA Network
on November 8, 2006 at 10 PM EDT. It starred Mather Zickel
as Darryl Freehorn, an agent in the Canadian Secret Service
(CSS).
, Freehorn works as a liaison with the U.S. State Department
to solve international conspiracies and busts American prescription drug
smuggler
s. 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.
Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...
made-for-TV movie
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
that aired the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
channel USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
on November 8, 2006 at 10 PM EDT. It starred Mather Zickel
Mather Zickel
Mather Zickel is a New York-born actor, mainly known for comedy roles, as well as the character Kieran in . He has worked in both film and television since the late 1990s. He graduated from the Pomfret School in 1988 and New York University in 1992...
as Darryl Freehorn, an agent in the Canadian Secret Service
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is Canada's national intelligence service. It is responsible for collecting, analyzing, reporting and disseminating intelligence on threats to Canada's national security, and conducting operations, covert and overt, within Canada and abroad.Its...
(CSS).
Plot
Caught between a constricting budget and an inane American Intelligence CommunityUnited States Intelligence Community
The United States Intelligence Community is a cooperative federation of 16 separate United States government agencies that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities considered necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the...
, Freehorn works as a liaison with the U.S. State Department
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...
to solve international conspiracies and busts American prescription drug
Prescription drug
A prescription medication is a licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a medical prescription before it can be obtained. The term is used to distinguish it from over-the-counter drugs which can be obtained without a prescription...
smuggler
Smuggling
Smuggling is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations.There are various motivations to smuggle...
s. 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
Joanna Canton
Joanna Canton is an American actress. She had the recurring role on That '70s Show as Nina, Fez's boss and love interest at the DMV during the show's fifth season.-Filmography:*Numb3rs, Season 5, Episode 01, "High Exposure"...
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
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
as her qualification for a trip to Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
External links
- USA Network: Underfunded
- Canuck spy agency 'Underfunded' Ottawa SunOttawa SunThe Ottawa Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is published by Sun Media. It was first published in the early 1980s as the Ottawa Sunday Herald, until it was acquired by Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation in 1988....
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