(03-11-2017 23:15 )Censorship :-( Wrote: [ -> ]...it seems that a 'collective decision' was made to go with 'people I can't stand' instead. 
^ All creators releasing anything into the public domain (from simple post to multi-million pound feature film) have to accept that the public can usurp ownership in unintended ways.
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For me this thread's predominant focus should lie in those who use their presence in the public eye to exhibit a constant intolerable smugness, way in excess of that which their talent should permit. Often, this is supplemented with a sick inducing vacousness that infects so many a public persona in these days of easy offence. (Controversial as a career choice also exempts Hopkins and Morgan for me. Best ignored! Politicians likewise.
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So...
Ant and Dec - evidence of how far a simple case of boyish charm can take one (or two) in the world of UK TV. Amazingly devoid of actual talent. Smoke and mirrors has them as, ridiculously, some sort of modern day Morecombe & Wise. Fuck off!
Simon Cowell - the ultimate one (minor) trick pony on TV who struck lucky on timing and is still milking it years later.
Sue Perkins - the more objectionable of a totally bland pairing that cloys all the more because of the inexplicable faith the BBC seems to have in their abilities. Hopefully, destined to sink without trace in their upcoming attempt to emulate Brucie on primetime Saturday nights.
David Walliams - smugness personified. An average comedian at best who astounds because he seems to have convinced enough execs that he can act despite all evidence to the contary.
Russel Brand - why is he famous exactly? Trendy for its own sake.
James Corden - his management team deserves some sort of award for making such a limited talent so incredibly, globally, high profile. Takes kiss-assery to a new level even for US TV (and that's saying something).
Chris Evans - arrogant one note tosser who's comeuppance on TG was well overdue.
Ricky Gervais - he plays the vain elements of his characters so well because they are pulled from the endless wellspring of those of his own character! 'Self-satisfied' in the Oxford English Dictionary says "see Ricky Gervais".
As other posters have already said, there are, depressingly, almost certainly many others that could easily add to this sort of list. The above remain in my view the most obvious and objectionable cases only.
