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* The problem is aggravated by her Huntington's allowing her to take more screentime as patient as well as doctor. [[Alas, Poor Scrappy]] doesn't really work on the installment plan.
* And now we got yet another Creator's Pet in Martha Masters, Thirteen's replacement.
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* [[America's Next Top Model]] has had a few of these from cycle to cycle, including Bianca from Cycle 9 for bullying an autistic girl, and Shannon upon her return for the All-Star Cycle due to her [[Insane Troll Logic]] and refusal to pose in underwear when she was happy to be photographed in much skimpier swimwear... because only her husband is allowed to see her in her underwear. Wait, what? But the best example might be Cycle 11's Tahlia. This is probably Tyra's fault for casting a girl on the basis of her own morbid fascination with tragic backstories: Tahlia was a burns victim and gifs of Tyra asking her how she got her scars at her first audition shows her wearing a creepy [[Slasher Smile]]. Nevertheless Tahlia received heaps of praise from all the panel for pictures that were patently horrible, constantly whined about not wanting to be in the competition to the point that the other contestants complained about her to the panel, and took screentime away from fan favourite and [[Ascended Meme]] Allison.
* Det. Olivia Benson from ''[[Law and Order SVU]]''. Her [[Serious Business]] and [[Straw Feminist]] attitudes have had a long history of rubbing viewers the wrong way, yet Dick Wolf seems to have no problem making her the series' [[Author Tract|primary sociopolitical mouthpiece]] (as opposed to Det. John Munch, whose [[Cloudcuckoolander]] rants usually designate him to [[Butt Monkey]] status). Not only did she gradually replace her more well-received partner Elliot Stabler as the face of the series in both advertisements and the show itself, but with Stabler [[Put on a Bus|now out of the picture]] fans have all the more motivation to throw ire and bile her way.
▲* ''[[Mad Men]]'':
▲** Megan Calvet Draper is one of these, especially in season 5. She was added in season 4 as a secretary, and she quickly became the second Mrs. Draper. Even though fans hate her for her vapid character and transforming Don Draper from a likeable manwhore into a boring newlywed with no fire in his belly for his career, Matthew Weiner insists on giving her more and more screen time. It also doesn't help that the hogging of screen time by Megan is at the expense of developing the storylines involving the rest of the cast.
▲** [[Creepy Child]] Glen keeps showing up long after he stopped serving any clear purpose, just because he's played by Weiner's son. It really doesn't help that according to some interviews with Weiner, he's actually not ''supposed'' to be a creepy child; the kid just can't act, and Weiner can't accept that.
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