CBS has green-lighted the pilot of “Exit 19″, a drama starring Geena as a quirky homicide detective. When her character isn’t solving crimes on the mean streets of Manhattan, she’s in the Long Island suburbs raising two kids alone.

Writer Jeff Bell will exec produce the project along with Geena, Gene Stein and Nina Wass. CBS Paramount Network Television is producing in association with ABC Studios.

Sources tell that CBS president Nina Tassler has been trying to develop a project with Geena for several years (most recently Criminal Minds, when Mandy Patinkin walked out). She and Geena are both Boston University graduates, some sources even claim that they were roommates.

Sources: Variety, TVSquad, Reuters