So this is a fine line, but for me, in regards to the money, it has to do with how they present it. If the show really hammers on that top prize, constantly saying that "Our team could walk out of here tonight with TWELVE! MILLION! DOLLARS!" when even anyone who thinks "Pascal's Triangle" is a potential PornHub search could see that is never going to happen, then it's an issue for me. I think of Weakest Link, and how NBC really pushed it as their million-dollar game show from the U.K., and after one viewing, it was obvious that no one was winning that top prize, ever. Winning $85,000 sure ain't nothing to turn up your nose at, but putting out top prizes that are many times that, which the producers know have a near-zero chance of being awarded, sours the whole enterprise.