Since the subject of these shows is pretty close to what some of us actually do, either as a job, as a business, as a side line or as a hobby.....any press is good press, right.
OTOH, one of my friends told me this evening why he doesn't like "American Pickers"=
A guy drives up in an $80,000 Mercedes van and then (I quote) "Jews" another guy out of 5 dollars buying an old clock.