Tonight, USA Network airs the series finale of White Collar and fans could also be seeing the end of Covert Affairs as well. The latter series hasn’t been renewed for a sixth season yet and the show’s dropped way down in the ratings.
On Covert Affairs, operatives Annie Walker (Piper Perabo) and Auggie Anderson (Chris Gorham) work together in the CIA’s Domestic Protection Division (DPD). The show’s cast also includes Kari Matchett, Peter Gallagher, Hill Harper, and Nicholas Bishop.
The fourth season of Covert Affairs averaged 2.27 million viewers with a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic. The current season has been averaging 1.53 million and a 0.3 ratings — a drop of 49% in viewership. It’s USA’s lowest-rated scripted series in the demo.
At this point, it seems likely that USA will renew the show for a sixth and final season, perhaps a short one, to wrap things up. If the cable channel does bring it back, the show may look very different. TV Guide teases that tonight’s finale will feature a death of one character and close calls for some others. This will lead multiple people to making some life-changing decisions.
What do you think? Would you like to see Covert Affairs return for a sixth season or is it time for USA to cancel it?
UPDATE: USA has decided to cancel Covert Affairs after five seasons.
Please renew love this
Much more to explore! Love the show, don’t want it to end. I feel White Collar could have done more too.
Renew.
Renew. Show should be kept.
DO NOT CANCELL. Love it!
I will be so pissed if this show is cancelled. It’s the best bad ass spy chick show on TV, the characters are really coming into their own now, Annie is just awesome, and with this new relationship with Ryan things are JUST STARTING TO HEAT UP! It would be an immature move to cancel the show now, now that it’s got some REAL LEGS to prop it up for many seasons to come. They successfully transitioned from they will they? or won’t they? of Annie and Auggie – because they did and they didn’t, and Ryan McQuaid is now… Read more »
I’ve been a big fan of the show from the beginning, and still enjoy it a lot. That being said, the writing has dropped off quite a bit the last couple of seasons. One well placed bullet blowing up a car in a nick of time, Annie with her bad heart out-running top of their game operatives, etc. has happened all too often of late. When the writing slips, you can see its effect on the actors….they seem less invested, and more like they’re acting the part than living the part. I would love to see a final season 6,… Read more »
Very good comments. Totally agree. Loved the show but writing has lost something right from the beginning of this season with Annie returning weird….
Renew it. Best show ever!!!
I now wait until the current season is done recording before watching it.
I have seen the quality / believe-ability of the show decrease over the last 2 seasons.
The earlier seasons were better, once they started Auggie down the road as a love interest, and then had things change suddenly and then change again, and then change again…
Yep, it got confusing as a soap opera.
Hey lets have your handler be involved with you and jeopardize missions where you can be killed. 🙁
I could go for another season. How about giving Augie his sight back? I really find it ridiculous that he goes on all these assignments totally blind. And no offense intended but these are supposed to be very dangerous, aren’t they?
Love this show. The cast is great. Even though the finale was better last year I would miss this show greatly.
Love this show. The cast is great even though the finale last year was better it’s still a show I would greatly miss.
Just saw the season five finale of Covert Affairs. It definitely seems to be an unfinished, quiet cliffhanger. If the program is not renewed for the next two seasons, it certainly needs a full season to tie things up, if for no other reason than as a gift for viewers who invested their valuable time in watching.
Very good comments. Totally agree. Loved the show but writing has lost something right from the beginning of this season with Annie returning weird….
Should be renewed anyway. Love the acting and characters ans I woulx miss some decent drama….
Renew
One of the best shows on TV. Sincerely hope the USA execs renew this and bring an awesome piece of content and great story arc to a close with a final season. This is fabulous TV making so please renew and I promise we’ll be watching!