Silent
I agree with what you are saying...we would never know until we are there. I have definitely made some bad shots that I would like to take back, in my bowhunting career. But to be honest, most of those were quite a while ago, back when I was green. Andyes,I have shot one deer in the neck...on accident. I got lucky and killed it, because it caught the artery. And yes, I have taken and made some shots that I probably wouldn't take today, just because they are low percentage shots. Even though I was very confident when I took those shots, and was successful with them at that time.
But I also have passed many deer...including the biggest deer I ever had under my stand, because of not having the shot I wanted. I would agree though, that there are other shots that can and are effective if the archer is good. I don't neccesarily agree with some of the shots taken, but again....it's an individual decision. And I definitely ain't on my high horse. I just think taking high percentage shots are best. I honestly don't really care what anyone else does, I can't control that. But I think the video making crews should take a little more consideration towards what they air. Some is flat out bad. My personal opinion, neck shots suck. Both bow and gun. Very low percentage.

I guess mypoint is that yes there is alot of pressure on the folks filming these shows. Killing big deer on video can make or break them...and this can and probably does have an influence on some folks' shot selection.