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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosom Res. 2017 Sep 27;103:15–21. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2017.09.014

Table 2.

Top 25 television shows nominated by EAT 2010 participants, with teasing incidents

Rank Show Total teasing incidents Total weight/shape-related teasing % of total teasing related to weight/shape % of weight/shape teasing with overweight targets
1 Family Guy 11 6 54.5 66.7
2 The Simpsons 7 2 28.6 100
3 SpongeBob Square Pants 6 3 50.0 66.7
4 CSI 0 0
5 iCarly 3 2 66.7 50
6 South Park 14 1 7.1 0
7 Two and a Half Men 4 3 75.0 0
8 That 70’s Show 5 2 40.0 0
9 The Game 7 0 0.0
10 George Lopez 5 1 20.0 100
11 Everybody Hates Chris 4 3 75.0 0
12 House 4 2 50.0 0
13 The Vampire Diaries 7 0 0.0
14 My Name is Earl 45 7 15.6 71.4
15 Gossip Girl 4 0 0.0
16 The Office 9 3 33.3 66.7
17 Degrassi 14 0 0.0
18 Hannah Montana 7 4 57.1 0
19 Wizards of Waverly Place 8 1 12.5 0
20 Suite Life on Deck 3 1 33.3 0
21 Secret Life of the American Teenager 2 0 0.0
22 Supernatural 31 4 12.9 0
23 NCIS 25 5 20.0 0
24 Bones 4 0 0.0
25 Scrubs 20 2 10.0 0
Mean 10.0 2.1 27.6a 29.0a
Range 0–45 0–7 0–75.0 0–100.0
a

Shows with none of the relevant incidents were excluded from the calculation.