TV objectifies everything. They are not people, they are actors. The actors are like puppets that the storyteller uses to tell the story. We don't care about the people, we care about their performance. We care about their appearance.

No, nobody really cares about the actor. In fact it's nearly impossible to care about an actor because you don't know the actor, you can't know the actor, because all you know are characters that they play. And then when they come on talk shows to promote their shows, that's another performance. So what you know is a performance. We pick some aspect of them, their appearance, their style, their success in a performance for which they were only marginally responsible and we appreciate them for that, and then when that's gone we dump them like yesterday's news and move on to the next thing. Because the show must go on!

Actors in many ways encourage this. They do magazine shoots, playboy, they show you their wealth in reality shows. They do it to get fame, but what fame really is, is objectification. We use them and their lives to live out our fantasies. But they are normal people with normal problems, but we elevate them to something much more than that, we elevate them to "gods". Well those gods are objects through which we seek divination and salvation. Humans can't live up to these platitudes. So inevitably we destroy them through this process. We build them up too much and then we easily tear them down. That's what the taboloids do.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectification

According to the philosopher Martha Nussbaum, a person might be objectified if one or a selection of the following properties are adhered to:

Instrumentality - as a tool for another's purposes: "The objectifier treats the object as a tool of his or her purposes"

The actor is an instrument of the story teller, the director, etc.

Denial of Autonomy - as if lacking in agency or self-determination: "The objectifier treats the object as lacking in autonomy and self-determination"

The actor has to play the part. They don't actually get to choose much of that. They do as they are told and are told they are very privileged to have this position and if they don't do as they are told they get a bad reputation and they don't get any more work... their star fades in a few years.

Inertness - as if without action: "The objectifier treats the object as lacking in agency, and perhaps also in activity"

Again the actor has to do what they are told. They audition for the show and if they are luck they get the part and then do exactly as they are told by the director.

Fungibility - as if interchangeable: "The objectifier treats the object as interchangeable (a) with other objects of the same type, and/or (b) with objects of other types"[1] Violability - as if permissible to damage or destroy (Violence): "The objectifier treats the object as lacking in boundary integrity, as something that it is permissible to break up, smash, break into"

Actors often get treated this way, for instance the whole nudity scandals. And they definitely get treated this way by the industry, directors, producers, etc.

Ownership - as if owned by another: "The objectifier treats the object as something that is owned by another, can be bought or sold, etc"[1]

Contract.

Denial of Subjectivity - as if there is no need for concern for their feelings and experiences: "The objectifier treats the object as something whose experience and feelings (if any) need not be taken into account"[1]

Be professional. Do your job.

A lot of work is like this. A lot of work is objectification of a person to an instrument used by someone else to do something. How they feel, what they are going through, etc. is irrelevant.