Mendelsohn sets development slate

Mendelsohn "CSI" showrunner Carol Mendelsohn has set her first development slate, including projects in place at CBS, the CW, FX and TNT. It's been a year since Carol Mendelsohn Prods. launched in a pod deal with CBS Television Studios. Former WME agent Julie Weitz signed on as president of production in August 2010. Earlier this month, Mendelsohn scored a pilot pickup from TNT for "Scent of the Missing," a drama hour starring Tricia Helfer and Gerald McRaney. Based on the book by Susannah Charleson, the pilot follows a detective and her canine companion. In keeping with her roots in crime drama, Mendelsohn has multiple projects representing the genre set up at the network where she's scored her biggest hit. CBS is also developing "Widow Detective." The script: After having three partners killed in the line of duty, a decorated police detective adopts their families becoming husband/lover/father. David Hubbard ("Noel") will write and executive produce.Another CBS script order is "Murder Room," the true story of a world famous profiler, forensic artist, and leading investigator for the FBI who form a team to investigate crimes that have stupefied law enforcement around the world. Based on the book by Michael Capuzzo, "Room" will be written and executive produced by George Nolfi ("The Adjustment Bureau"). As previously reported, a third CBS script order from Mendelsohn is "Two Badges," about a police detective with roots in the barrio she polices. Mendelsohn has a pair of hours in development at CW: "The Hollows," about a private-eye witch working with local law enforcement agencies to combat threats both mundane and supernatural, from Jordan Hawley ("Smallville"); and "Unearthly," about a girl who realizes that her destiny is to become an angel, from Kevin Murphy ("Caprica") and Robin Schorr ("Food, Inc."). Mendelsohn also has a drama in the running at FX: "Throwdown Gun" from "LA Confidential" author James Ellroy, who exec produces with Clark Peterson ("Monster"). The lives of a white cop and a black cop are forever intertwined after covering up a violent crime while on duty -- the consequences of which alter race relations in Los Angeles. Weitz is executive producer along with Mendelsohn on all projects. Weitz is repped by WME. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com