I would be inclined to agree with you but thinking back to some of the nerds who appeared on the old UK show, Fifteen to One (which didn't seem to be hugely edited), you could tell that some of them (I'm thinking Michael Penrice for all those UK students of the past 5 years) were absolutely devastated when they got a question wrong or didn't win overall.
Shows like Millionaire look fake but I think that is mostly due to the editing intended to maintain the tension. But, yeah, when watching it, you do find yourself becoming very cynical.
So, after all that crap, I find myself sitting on the fence. Doh!
