Okay, shameless plug here....
I produced and hosted a doc behind the scenes at the J! College Championships at Yale last fall.... aired in prime time and did much better ratings than regular programming...(of course, we preempted ABC programming, which is to say the show did better than color bars!)
Thanks to a station that supports local programming, I flew to LA to go behind the scenes, then spent countless hours with the J! crew at Yale as they found contestants, built the set, and played the games....heck, I even got to show the lighter side of Alex Trebek...
Good stuff, worked with great people on the staff from Harry on down, even got me a local Emmy nomination...
So yes, GS Doc's are rare, but they happen...and there is an audience for them, IF AND ONLY IF you find an audience that wants to see them. J! does boffo numbers for our station..... demand for tix to the tapings was tremendous....ratings for the doc were high... And i'm grateful for the opportunity!
I know we don't talk about tape trading here, but it is available on 'the circuit'.
Matt