Television is more concerned with telling a good story than with getting the facts straight (this goes for both fiction and nonfiction programs). The two TV programs I watch, other than documentaries, are
House and
Doctor Who. The one that challenges my suspension of belief most often is
House.
Unless you have reason to suspect that your real-world ophthalmologist is an idiot, I'd trust his/her judgment over anything dug up on television or the internet.
