Not only is it allowed but every book on \"how to be a contestant and win leventy billion dollarz!\" says
1) watch your game show from the crowd to see what it looks like, how it plays, whatever information you can glean
2) if you can\'t see your show, see any game show, because there are some across the board truisms about how game shows are taped.
3) if you can\'t get tickets to any game show, see a talk show, every little bit of information helps.