The TV Addict 

By: Amrie Cunningham [My Take on TV]

I recently got to spend some time chatting with Shaun Majumder, Dr. Freddy on FOX’s UNHITCHED. Here’s what he had to say about his role, his show, what makes him feel cool in the nerdiest of ways, and why boxing Craig Bierko could make anyone nervous.

I enjoyed the show. I think Freddy is one of my favorite characters so far.
Shaun Majumder: That’s exciting.

Why, when you first heard about this show did you want this role? Or how did it come to be?
It was a very unique coming to be. I am currently working on a TV show in Canada called “This Hour in 22 minutes” which is like The Daily Show but it’s been around for 15 years. It’s a staple in Canadian television. It’s like Saturday Night Live meets The Daily Show so I do a lot of different characters on this show. Every year when pilot season rolls around, I usually leave here and go down to LA. Last year, some opportunities came up. I was going to stick around here in Canada, make some money, and then if there were auditions, I’d just put them on DVD and send them down.

Well, Unhitched came around, which at that time was called Rules For Starting Over. They were interested in the role of Dr. Bill. The character was described as the nebbish, not so great with the women, really kind of insecure, starting over. That was all the description I got, so I put myself on tape up here, sent it down. They loved it, they were like, “We want to fly you down, we’re really excited.” So they flew me down to test me.

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