In the Pits is a situation comedy produced by The Backlight Theatre Group! Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida. It is broadcast on WCWJ by the Nexstargroup, an affiliate of The CW. CW17 began airing In The Pits on September 25 at 9:00pm. In The Pits is an original and locally–written, –cast, –staged, –shot and –edited sitcom produced by Jacksonville-based BackLight Theatre Group, Inc. In the Pits is a dramatic comedy about a Stage Group named the Parafloramore Theatre Company that in the Great Recession falls into hard times and the lengths that its eccentric group of staff and board members will go to keep the company afloat.
Dues ex machina - series of strange events that convince very one the theatre is haunted by Cora Crane
Cracked Nuts - another reinterpretation of a classic - the nutcracker- puts Miles at odds with a world renown choreographer and a gaggle of dancers
You Live Here- Johnny secretly moves into the theatre when he is evicted from his apartment
The Coup - Barbara stages a coup in an effort to rid the theatre of miles but fails when Finacannon reveals that she has embezzled The Crane Diamond.
Baptism by Mild Heat - Miles's production of the confessions of Our Girl Cora leads to a swat raid and uprising of the Baptist community
Lies damn lies and Statistics - the theatre is audited and sydney, fincannon, and johnny must save the theatre and themselves from federal prison
The Sins of Mother - The origins of the Foxley fortune are revealed and threaten the future of everyone associated with the theatre
The World is Flat - The Paraflormore embarks on its first world tour of "our girl cora crane" tie together all the international coals and personalities that have run through the season
The War of Northern Aggression - the recent publicity and success of the theatre has invited the rage and retribution of a powerful group of broadway producers who set up shop to compete in the downtown
The Black Box - Fincannon introduces a black box season for the interns but makes the mistake of putting underwood in charge of it all, their production of o calcutta redux is not well received
Parking Wars - the popularity of the theatre raises the ire of the city parking authority who proceed to take drastic measures on all who attend the theatre
Love's Labours Lost - following the season opening gala, the tension between Johnny and Sydney finally culminates in a night of clumsy passion that neither can recollect
Hollywood Calling - Johnny Knox superstar is wooed to star in a new James Cameron film 'Hindenburg Blues"
The Rabbit Test - Sydney is late...but why, Johnny is leaving for Hollywood, Fincannon considers retirement and Miles is committed