''Underfunded'' is a

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that aired the

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channel

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on November 8, 2006 at 10 PM EDT.USA has fun with 'Underfunded'

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It stars

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as Darryl Freehorn, an agent in the Canadian Secret Service (CSS).

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Caught between a constricting budget and an inane American Intelligence Community, Canadian Secret Service agent Darryl Freehorn works as a liaison with the U.S. State Department to solve international conspiracies and busts American

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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 (born February 14, 1978) is an American actress. She had a recurring role on ''That '70s Show'' as Nina, Fez Fez most often refers to: * Fez (hat), a type of felt hat commonly worn in the Ottoman Empire * Fez, Morocco (or Fes), t ...

plays Naomi Lutz, a smitten assistant to Freehorn bucking for a job as a full-blown agent. Occasionally over-enthusiastic and she cites her knowledge of the ''

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'' on

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as her qualification for a trip to

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CSIS goes to Hollywood

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