A revived film tax credit is helping New York pull back U.S. network TV shoots from Toronto.

On the homefront, NBC is to shoot the first season of the Syfy action-adventure series Alphas at Cinespace’s Kipling studio in Toronto after the 90-minute pilot, executive produced by Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun for BermanBraun Television, shot in the city last year.

Toronto is also hosting a shoot for Lifetime’s Against The Wall drama, from Universal Cable Productions, through August.

But otherwise, Toronto drew no pilots this TV season, with three going to Vancouver: ABC’s Once Upon A Time, CW’s The Secret Circle, and Fox’s Alcatraz, which is also shooting in San Fransisco.

The rest of the U.S. pilots were for the most part divided between New York and Los Angeles, with the Big Apple snagging shows shortly to show up on Canadian TV screens like CBS’ A Gifted Man, Person of Interest, The 2-2 and Unforgettable, and NBC’s mid-season Smash drama.

New York recently brought in $420 million annually in tax credit financing for film and TV productions through 2014.

The state’s previous emptying of its tax credit coffers sent a number of TV shoots to Canada, including JJ Abrams’ Fringe, as Hollywood studios sought tax credit certainty.

With New York able to close the gap of production costs between itself and rival U.S. states like North Carolina and New Mexico via its film tax credit, Los Angeles producers are now back in Manhattan shooting their series in big numbers.