CBS Olympic broadcasts new schedule, midway between the four-year Summer Games cycle, instead of in the same year as the Summer Olympics. The 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway saw the highest nighttime ratings in the history of American Olympic telecasts, as a result of the scandal in which associates of figure skater Tonya Harding attacked Nancy Kerrigan and the media frenzy that followed. The short program in women's figure skating, which aired on February 23 is, , the sixth-highest rated prime time television program in American history. It had a rating of 48.5 and a share of 64 (meaning 48.5% of all television
Tim Wood (figure skater) Tim Wood (figure skater) Timothy Lyle "Tim" Wood (born June 21, 1948) is an American former figure skater. He is a two-time World champion, a 1968 Olympic silver medalist, and a three-time U.S. national champion. Born on June 27, 1948 in Highland Park, Michigan, Timothy Lyle Wood is the youngest of four sons of Kenneth Wood, a surgeon known for his work with lung cancer patients. In 1968, he was a pre-law student at John Carroll University. He later attended a graduate school in accounting. Wood was taught by English coach Ronnie Baker at the Detroit Skating Club from the