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I imagine NBC showed the men's competition last because Hanyu is OGM, and Fernandez is from Spain competing in his home country.
The ladies event basically looked like Russian nationals, and I don't think most people watching NBC had a clue who Tuktamysheva & Radionova were, so probably couldn't have cared less about their podium finishes.
If men's have eclipsed the ladies, or if the men's discipline is currently more popular in the U.S., it's certainly not helping with the ratings, or the decline of figure skating popularity in general here.
The ladies event basically looked like Russian nationals, and I don't think most people watching NBC had a clue who Tuktamysheva & Radionova were, so probably couldn't have cared less about their podium finishes.
If men's have eclipsed the ladies, or if the men's discipline is currently more popular in the U.S., it's certainly not helping with the ratings, or the decline of figure skating popularity in general here.