Posted at 3:06 p.m., Thursday, January 31, 2008
Figure skating: U.S. championship TV ratings up
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The U.S. Figure Skating Championships drew the most viewers in five years.Last weekend's coverage on NBC attracted 12.5 million viewers, up from 4.7 million on ABC and ESPN2 last year.
NBC and U.S. Figure Skating are in the first year of a new contract. NBC broadcast seven hours of the championships, the most network coverage of the event since 1998.
The winners were Evan Lysacek and Mirai Nagasu.
