The cast of White Collar got a chance to wrap up their series with a final short season but Covert Affairs won’t get that chance. USA Network has cancelled the series after five seasons, leaving fans with plenty of questions and no season six.
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 move to abruptly cancel the adventure spy series comes as a bit of a surprise but the decision reportedly all came down to money. USA owns the show but it’s not a cheap show to produce with rising talent fees and expensive location filming around the world.
In addition, the fifth season of Covert Affairs saw a big drop in the ratings — falling nearly 48% in the 18-49 demographic when compared to season four. Total viewership dropped 32%, to 1.54 million.
The final episode aired December 18th. Hopefully the producers will share what Annie’s decisions about her personal and professional life would have been.
What do you think? Do you like the Covert Affairs TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a sixth season instead?
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I too was a big fan of Covert Affairs. And one of the big reasons was that it was a great show–great spy show–anchored and carried by a STRONG female character…and there aren’t many of those. Do your ratings include those of us who had to watch it later on-demand due to work–family–etc conflicts? I wonder. In fact I have been sitting here trying to think of another strong female lead in a spy show in recent memory–and the closest I can come is Alias which was also a scifi crossover AND Jenifer Garner was a strong character but she… Read more »
I really did love this show and I’m so sorry to hear that it’s been canceled. I, like others who have commented, am tired of all the good shows getting canceled. I like shows that keep your attention, have a bit of excitement, allow you into the characters personal lives and doesn’t have a ton of blood and gore.
Sorry to see this one go. Really, really sorry.
I really liked this show. USA network sucks for cancelling it and what sucked even worse was the show caving into the whinning shippers and made the, show days of our lives. Anyone with eyes could see how horrible it was when Annie and Auggie got together.
I get so tired of every good show I watch, being cancelled. There are a lot of people out the big world who are not between the ages of your selected age group. Faithful viewers who still shop if it is the sponsors making your decisions. Does it count all of the DVRs recording shows, so they can see all of the ones that are on competing networks also. I record every new series too and watch to see if it suits me. It is beginning to look, by how many shows I deleted Record, there must be a thirst… Read more »
I too get so tired of every good show I watch, being cancelled. There are a lot of people out the big world who are not between the ages of your selected age group. Faithful viewers who still shop and have more money. if it is the sponsors making your decisions. Does it count all of the DVRs recording shows, so they can see all of the ones that are on competing networks also. I record every new series too and watch to see if it suits me. It is beginning to look, by how many shows I deleted Record,… Read more »
Geez! I am so done with this crappy network. I don’t watch very much TV but would always watch a few shows on this network and they get canceled every time! Whitecollar and now this show! Next one that u will cancel is Suits.
Boo!!! If you cancel a show that’s been followed for 5 years you should at least have the decency to do what White Collar was allowed to do for their fans and give us a conclusion!!!!! And if it’s any indication the networks new shows are not worth watching!!!!!
I have been a fan since day one! Can’t believe it is cancelled. Please bring it back!!!!
It is really awful and a lack of respect for loyal viewers to cancel a show after 5 seasons without a final conclusion. If there is a good reason to cancel Covert Affairs ( and I don’t think it deserved to be canceled), then at least have the decency to have one or two shows that wrap it up without a cliffhanger or unanswered questions. I will think twice before starting to watch a new series on USA.
I enjoyed the show very much but have to say that I think I missed the fun parts of Annie and Augie’s personalities in the last couple of seasons. The show continued to get more and more “Homeland-ish” and it lost some of its appeal for me (and I love Homeland). This season her coldness toward just about everyone grew tiresome, never smiled once except for a wry smirk. I think they took her character too far off course.
I liked the show but not so much after Annie left the CIA.
All ratings are crap this year except for a few big network shows and off course, TWD, but USA network is gonna see their new shows do crap too. Don’t they only have like 2 veteran shows now that they cancelled the ones that put them on the map. Really disrespectful not to give a final season or some heads up earlier.
I don’t think that Covert Affairs sshould be canceled. It’s a great show! I think it deserves another chance. I have been a fan since the beginning. There are a lot of other shows on right now that I think should be canceled but definitely not Covert Affairs. Pretty please give them one more chance.
Sincerely, Donna Heinrich
I am so disappointed that Covert Affairs has been cancelled as it was definitely one of the best shows on TV. Please reconsider and bring it back!!!
I AGREE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRING BACK COVERT AFFAIRS. I SEE “USA” MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES AS “CBS”. COVERT AFFAIRS IS A GREAT SHOW. AUGGIE AND ANNIE ARE GREAT TOGETHER. BRING EM BACK. DOES ANYONE READ THE COMMENTS???
Should not have been cancelled. Sign online Petition. Maybe Netflix would take it. USA sure missed out! They need to re-think their Viewer profile. Those of us over 50 are not considered worthy of opinions! Don’t they know that we have likes and dislikes and should have a say. They need to change their demographics and their advertisers need to be changed. Don’t they know that we also like to purchase things, and have more to to spend then the 15 to 20 year old!