Protective eyewear use as depicted in children's television programs.

Purpose: To characterize the depiction of protective eyewear use in scripted children's television programs.

Methods: Viewership ratings data were acquired to generate a list of the most-watched scripted broadcast and cable programs for the 2- to 12-year-old age group. The three highest average viewership programs from broadcast and cable programming that met the inclusion criteria were analyzed by two independent reviewers.