N-UNCOUNT 虚有其表的人;华而不实之物Eye candy is used to refer to people or things that are attractive to look at but are not interesting in other ways. 虚有其表的人;华而不实之物 [informal]
Back then, women on TV were mostly seen as eye candy.
那时候,电视中的女性大多都被看作花瓶。
Animation has stopped being eye-candy for kids and geeks and become mainstream entertainment.