Figure Skating is On the Edge

At the 1994 Winter Olympics, 48.5 million viewers tuned in for the ladies figure skating short program. It was the highest-rated Winter Olympics event in history, and the sixth-highest-rated event in TV history. At the time, U.S. skating stars like Michelle Kwan, Tara Lipinski, and Nancy Kerrigan had become household names. But those days are gone. Figu…