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TNT has ordered a pilot for L.A. Noir, a new drama series from executive producers Frank Darabont (The Walking Dead, The Shawshank Redemption), Michael De Luca (The Social Network, Moneyball) and Elliot Webb (Tall Time Tales). The project from TNT Original Productions is based on John Buntin's critically acclaimed book L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City, which chronicles the epic battle between Los Angeles Police Chief William Parker and mobster Mickey Cohen. Alissa Phillips (Moneyball) of Michael De Luca Productions serves as co-executive producer. Darabont is set to write and direct the pilot.

"The story of L.A. Noir is inspired by an incredibly dramatic period in the history of Los Angeles," said Michael Wright, executive vice president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). "This project is a sweeping tale of the battle for the soul of...

Summer Glau Joins Tricia Helfer in Scent Of The Missing

Summer Glau is beautiful, she’s capable, she’s every fanboy’s dream and now she’s getting ready for a brand new role. The actress from Serenity, Dollhouse, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Cape, and Alphas has been added to the cast list of Scent of the Missing. You’ll understand the title when you read what this new TNT series will be all about.

Scent of the Missing will be executive produced by co-writers Carol Mendelsohn, Melissa R. Byer & Treena Hancock and Barry Josephson. Mendelsohn is well known for her work on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The show will focus upon the female lead, Susannah, set to be acted by Tricia Helfer. Helfer is also a fanboy fav. You will remember her as the former model who played Number Six on Battlestar Galactica.

Helfer’s Susannah is...

Now that we have that whole Halloween business out of the way, we return to our regularly scheduled programming.

And speaking of regularly scheduled programming, word has come down from on high (i.e., Deadline) that two of genre television's favorite actresses (i.e., Tricia Helfer and Summer Glau) are teaming up for a new show on TNT.

Helfer and Glau will be starring in Scent of the Missing, a drama based on the memoir by Susannah Charleson. Charleson's book concerns her experiences training a canine search-and-rescue dog named Puzzle and their adventures searching for the missing. Hey, wait a minute — that sounds like a great idea for an hour-long episodic TV show!

Helfer will leave her Cylon ways behind (or will she?) to portray the "tenacious and strong-willed" search-and-rescue volunteer Susannah, and Glau will play a currently unnamed beautiful, wealthy character who is new to the K-9 team and...

Eric Winter has joined the cast of TNT drama pilot Scent of the Missing. The project, based on a book by Susannah Charleson, will follow a K-9 Search and Rescue volunteer (Tricia Helfer) who solves crimes with her golden retriever Puzzle. Winter will play Jake, another member of the Search and Rescue team who is accompanied by his own canine companion Shadow, according to Deadline. The actor recently played a recurring role on The Mentalist and has also appeared on Brothers & Sisters (more)...

Eric Winter has been cast as Jake, the male lead in TNT’s new drama pilot ‘Scent Of The Missing,’ Deadline is reporting. The series, which is co-written and executive produced by Carol Mendelsohn, Melissa R. Byer and Treena Hancock, is based on the book by Susannah Charleson. ‘Scent Of The Missing’ will follow Susannah, to be played by Tricia Helfer, a strong-willed K-9 Search and Rescue volunteer who works with her mischievous golden retriever, Puzzle. Jake is part of the search and rescue team as well, with his dog Shadow. Winter joins ‘Scent Of The Missing’ after having a major recurring role on CBS’ ‘The Mentalist’ last season. He also...

Exclusive: Eric Winter is set to star opposite Tricia Helfer in TNT’s drama pilot Scent Of The Missing. The project, co-written/executive produced by CSI maven Carol Mendelsohn, Melissa R. Byer and Treena Hancock based on the book by Susannah Charleson, centers on Susannah (Helfer), a tenacious, strong-willed K-9 Search and Rescue volunteer who works with an equally determined partner — her mischievous golden retriever, Puzzle. Winter will play Jake, a member of the search and rescue team with his dog Shadow. Also executive producing the CBS TV Studios pilot is Barry Josephson. Winter, repped by UTA and Brillstein, is recurring on ABC’s midseason dramedy Good Christian Belles. He is coming off a major recurring role on CBS’ The Mentalist last season and recently shot the indie Fire With Fire opposite Josh Duhamel and Bruce Willis.

In the first full development cycle since Carol Mendelsohn brought in Julie Weitz as president of her CBS TV Studios-based production company last year, Carol Mendelsohn Prods has sold a half-dozen projects to CBS, CW and FX, including cop drama Throwdown Gun to FX penned by La Confidential author James Ellroy. Most of the company’s broadcast projects are based on books. The list includes three shows at CBS: FBI drama The Murder Room, based on the book by Michael Capuzzo and written by feature scribe George Nolfi (The Bourne Ultimatum); female cop drama Widow Detective, penned by David Hubbard (feature Noel); and another cop drama, Two Badges, based on the book by Mona Ruiz and Geoff Boucher and penned by Ted Humphrey (The Good Wife). At the CW, Carol Mendelsohn Prods is behind Unearthly, a supernatural drama based on the book by Cynthia Hand and written by Hellcats creator Kevin Murphy,...

[1] Today's edition of TV Bits isn't just a mixed bag, but a jam-packed one. Happily, it's nothing but good news all around as networks order more episodes of some promising rookie shows and get to work developing other intriguing series for next season. After the jump: ABC orders more Revenge, Suburgatory, and Happy Endings The CW gives full-season orders to Ringer, The Secret Circle, and Hart of Dixie NBC orders six more scripts for Prime Suspect HBO plans an hourlong TV version of The Kids Are All Right Disney gives the go-ahead to a musical zombie sitcom TNT casts Battlestar Galactica star Tricia Helfer in a K-9 pilot Let's start by going through updates on some current series. ABC has announced its first two pickups of the season, giving full season orders to freshmen series Revenge and Suburgatory. The two shows couldn't be more different -- the former is a...

Tricia Helfer and Puzzle have the Scent Of Missing

Battlestar Galactica hottie Tricia Helfer is going to the dogs as she grabs the lead role in the new TNT pilot for Scent of the Missing as a member of a K-9 Search and Rescue team.Scent of the Missing is a new drama based on a nonfiction novel of the same name written by Susannah Charleson, which tells the story of the author’s entry into the world of K-9 search and rescue. While the novel only details the training of Charleson and her dog, Puzzle, along with their very first rescue assignment, the TNT series will undoubtedly follow the character through numerous adventures.

According to Deadline, Helfer will play the lead role, with Deadwood’s Gerald McRaney portraying her father. At this time, a dog hasn’t been selected to play her K-9 partner.

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Beautiful women and dogs – what could possibly go wrong? Tricia Helfer, best know for her series-spanning role on Syfy’s Battlestar Galactica, will be the lead in TNT’s latest pilot. The show centers on a K-9 search and rescue volunteer and her canine partner.

Scent of the Missing (here’s hoping that’s just a working title) is based on a nonfiction novel of the same name written by Susannah Charleson, about her own experiences as a search and rescue volunteer. She and her golden retriever Puzzle have been on the job for the last four years rescuing lost hikers and others in need. The book chronicles her experiences from Puzzle’s adoption as a puppy to his first rescue eighteen months later.

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Tricia Helfer has won the lead role in new TNT drama pilot Scent of the Missing. The project, based on the book by Susannah Charleson, will follow a K-9 Search and Rescue volunteer (Helfer), according to Deadline. The character will be aided in her investigations by her faithful golden retriever Puzzle. Deadwood's Gerald McRaney will play the father of Helfer's character, while Puzzle is yet to be cast. CSI's Carol Mendelsohn has co-written (more)...

Are Cylons dog people? Because Battlestar Galactica alumna Tricia Helfer has landed the lead in a new TNT pilot in which her main co-star is a canine.

Scent of the Missing, based on a book by Susannah Charleson, has chosen Helfer to star as a tenacious K-9 Search and Rescue volunteer, our sister site Deadline reports — and she gets the job done with the help of a mischievous golden retriever named Puzzle.

Among the two-legged cast, Gerald McRaney (Fairly Legal) has been cast as the father of Helfer’s character.

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Exclusive: Battlestar Galactica alumna Tricia Helfer has been cast as the lead in TNT’s drama pilot Scent Of The Missing. Veteran Gerald McRaney will co-star in the project, co-written/executive produced by CSI maven Carol Mendelsohn, Melissa R. Byer and Treena Hancock based on the book by Susannah Charleson. Scent Of The Missing centers on Susannah (Helfer), a tenacious, strong-willed K-9 Search and Rescue volunteer who works with an equally determined partner — her mischievous golden retriever, Puzzle. McRaney will play her father, Jerry. The dog has not been cast yet. CBS Television Studios is producing the pilot, with Barry Josephson and Julie Weitz also executive producing. Helfer, who co-starred in Ron Moore’s NBC drama pilot 17th Precinct last season, has a major recurring role on NBC’s midseason series The Firm. McRaney, repped by Stone Manners Salners and Course Management, recently starred in another TNT pilot, Bird Dog.

TNT is going to the dogs with its next project. The network has ordered a pilot for an adaptation of the Susannah Charleson book "Scent of the Missing," about her experience with Puzzle, a dog with a strong aptitude for rescue missions. The pilot's log line says of the show, "An adrenaline junkie leader of a canine search-and-rescue team assists various law enforcement agencies with her best friend and partner, a golden retriever." The pilot is being co-written and executive produced by Carol Mendelsohn, who's served as executive producer of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"...

Exclusive: TNT has given a pilot order to Scent of the Missing, a drama project co-written and executive produced by CSI: Crime Scene Investigation executive producer/showrunner Carol Mendelsohn and executive produced by Barry Josephson. Based on the book by Susannah Charleson, the project, produced by CBS TV Studios, centers on an adrenaline junkie leader of a canine search-and-rescue team assists various law enforcement agencies with her best friend and partner, a golden retriever. Mendelsohn co-wrote the script with CSI writers/co-executive producers Melissa Byer and Treena Hancock. The three are executive producing with Josephson, who had optioned the book and taken it to Mendelsohn, and Mendelsohn’s development executive Julie Weitz. Diane Nabatoff and Shelly Glasser will serve as co-executive producers. The project was originally announced in May as part of TNT’s development slate. Scent of the Missing joins Western Gateway, which was given a cast-contingent pilot order by TNT last month.