--- description: Covert Affairs has been canceled after five seasons title: USA Cancels 'Covert Affairs' After 5 Seasons image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bd4fd767afed1ec/69877875e53aba21fc4d6def/covert-affaris.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # USA Cancels _Covert Affairs_ After 5 Seasons by [Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 7, 2015 12:51 AM CUT  (left-right) Piper Perabo as Annie Walker, Shawn Doyle as Belenko, Nic Bishop as Ryan McQuaid in Covert Affaris Episode 516 (left-right) Piper Perabo as Annie Walker, Shawn Doyle as Belenko, Nic Bishop as Ryan McQuaid in Covert Affaris Episode 516Hernan Zenteno—USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 7, 2015 12:51 AM CUT _Covert Affairs_ has been canceled after five seasons, _EW_ has confirmed. The spy series, starring Piper Perabo, debuted in 2010 to 4.88 million viewers, but struggled in later seasons. The series finale drew just 1.59 million viewers. It’s bad news for fans since _Covert Affairs_ ended its run with a cliffhanger. Auggie planned to leave the agency, while Annie weighed McQuaid’s marriage proposal. But the network won’t be short on dramas with _Covert_’s cancellation. USA has already green lit three series for this year—_Dig, Mr. Robot_ and _Complications_—with four more pilots in contention—_Colony, Queen of the South, Evil Me_n and _Stanistan_. [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://insidetv.ew.com/2015/01/06/covert-affairs-canceled/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3656964/covert-affairs-canceled-usa-piper-perabo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3656964/covert-affairs-canceled-usa-piper-perabo/"},"headline":"USA Cancels Covert Affairs After 5 Seasons","datePublished":"2015-01-07T00:51:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:20:55.750Z","description":"Even worse, it ended with a cliffhanger","url":"https://time.com/3656964/covert-affairs-canceled-usa-piper-perabo/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bd4fd767afed1ec/69877875e53aba21fc4d6def/covert-affaris.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bd4fd767afed1ec/69877875e53aba21fc4d6def/covert-affaris.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Covert Affairs - Season 5","caption":"Covert Affairs - Season 5","creditText":"Hernan Zenteno—USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3656964/covert-affairs-canceled-usa-piper-perabo/","name":"USA Cancels Covert Affairs After 5 Seasons"}}]}] ```