When a band appears on a TV show and it is obvious they are lip synching, why do we not hear the drums that are on stage?

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What I mean by that is, obviously the guitars and other instruments are not plugged in, but the drums don’t have that option. So why can we not hear that the drums are actually live? Hopefully that makes sense what I am asking.

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There are so many things that go into televising “live” performances that make it difficult to execute properly, especially when multiple acts are involved.
Televised audio sounds much different than live audio, so you have to have multiple mixers/engineers.
Different acts will all have different levels coming from their equipment. And you know the guitarist will turn the volume up after sound check.
Then the effort it takes to get the different acts setup with mics and lines. There is a reason truly live shows have long intermission between acts.

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