From Maclean's Magazine

There's a new TV pilot being developed in Hollywood about the Canadian secret service and it's called . . . Underfunded. Sure, it's a great punchline -- but can it actually work as a show? There is, of course, no secret service in Canada as it's defined in the U.S. While we have Mounties who work security detail for the PM and other dignitaries, this show will be about an organization such as CSIS. "It's the Kmart version of the CIA," says co-creator Ross Abrash. "But at the heart of the show, we have a Canadian character who's so bright and determined, he's able to outwit the more funded and respected agencies and win the day." Abrash (a writer for The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson) and David Breckman (a producer of Monk) sold the idea to the USA Network and will shoot the pilot in Vancouver in January -- with the hope of premiering it in the summer.