Spike TV

==Background==
An eight-hour drama series coming to cable's Spike TV begins filming in Pittsburgh early 2007.
"Pittsburgh got this," said Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato. "We're filming a series and that's PR you can't put a value on."
==Details==
"The Kill Pit" stars John Leguizamo. The story is about a team of bank robbers who are veterans of the Iraqi war. It's not clear if Pittsburgh will be the city where they pull their fictional caper. 
==Insights==
* The California-based company, Lionsgate, is producing the show in Pittsburgh because of a warm welcome from officials, and the promise of taxpayer money.
** The state has already promised the company a $100,000 incentive grant.
** Producers would not comment on how much more money they expect to get, but said they plan to invest around $18 million into the local economy, and that's why board members of the Pittsburgh Film Office, like congresswoman Melissa Hart, said those tax dollar incentives pay off:
** "Every $1 of public funds that has been invested since 1994 by the film office has returned more than $50," said Hart.