60 Keeps Monday Timeslot

When NBC announced that it was green-lighting Studio 60 for a full season, it was speculated that it would get a new timeslot. That, like the cancelation rumors, has turned out to be untrue:

Also worth noting is that NBC's struggling Monday night drama "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" about production of a live television sketch show from Aaron Sorkin, the creator of "The West Wing", will remain on Monday nights at 10pm, a decision that might raise several eyebrows.

The show is considered to be incompatible to its lead-in, the popular sci-fi series "Heroes" and it now regularly loses more than half of its audience. The drama is however very popular in the more affluent and highly-educated households for which reason NBC will stick to it for at least the rest of the season.

Ratings Recover from the Lowest of the Low

The good news: Monday's episode "B-12" gained nearly 100,000 viewers from last week, scoring a 4.8/8 (as compared to "The Option Period"'s 4.7 share).

The bad news: It was Studio 60's second-lowest rating thus far.
But, has the bleeding finally stopped?:

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating	Share	18–49	Viewers	Rank
1	"Pilot"	September 18, 2006	8.6	14	5.0	13.14	# 22
2	"The Cold Open"	September 25, 2006	7.5	12	4.4	10.82	# 33
3	"The Focus Group"	October 2, 2006	6.0	10	3.5	8.85	# 47
4	"The West Coast Delay"	October 9, 2006	5.8	9	3.8	8.66	# 51
5	"The Long Lead Story"	October 16, 2006	5.3	8	3.1	7.74	# 55
6	"The Wrap Party"	October 23, 2006	5.1	8	3.2	7.72	# 60
7	"Nevada Day (1)"	November 6, 2006	4.9	8	3.3	7.67	# 56
8	"Nevada Day (2)"	November 13, 2006	5.0	8	3.2	7.58	# 58
9	"The Option Period"	November 20, 2006	4.7	8	3.1	7.31	# 60
10	"B-12"	November 27, 2006	4.8	8	3.3	7.4	n/a