The problem is, somebody WILL probably waste all his spare time to build something for them. Either they will cancel the recordings 1 day before tapeing strarts. Or they use the contraption as commic releif. If all your hard work actually gives you a good result they probably wont care as long as it make good TV, if it fails it probably makes better TV. And if the episode actually makes it to the screen, the producers wil pat them selves on the back because THEY are brilliant.
Somehow Im not verry fond of TV people.