Covert Affairs

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Season 1
  • Network: USA
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 13, 2010
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 23
  3. Negative: 3 out of 23
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Critic Reviews

  1. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    38
    Annie calls for some sort of inner steel, but Perabo looks less like an untested agent than an overwhelmed intern.
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  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    37
    Like so many other new shows this summer, the uninspired Covert Affairs is assembled from spare parts and elements that have been used better elsewhere.
  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    30
    What it does have is a sleek but shallow cast that cannot lend any weight to the lighter-than-air writing.

Awards & Rankings

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#63 Best TV Season of 2010
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#23 Most Discussed TV Season of 2010
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#43 Most Shared TV Season of 2010

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User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 113 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 80 out of 113
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 113
  3. Negative: 15 out of 113
  1. cinephile
    Aug 24, 2010
    8
    Although unrealistic to the typical day at the CIA, the characters are easy to relate with and very entertaining. Christopher Gorham'sAlthough unrealistic to the typical day at the CIA, the characters are easy to relate with and very entertaining. Christopher Gorham's depiction of a blind CIA agent makes you love him even more and the witty comments swapped between characters leave a smile on your face. All in all, a great show, that is perfect for a summer drama series. Hopefully it sticks around for a long time.… Full Review »
  2. s_francesca
    Jun 12, 2011
    3
    The show calls for Annie to be a sleek strong intelligent agent rearing to explore the world, saving people on the way while being sexy andThe show calls for Annie to be a sleek strong intelligent agent rearing to explore the world, saving people on the way while being sexy and confident. Yet we are let with miss Perabo, her acting is so below par that she translates Annie into an inexperienced deer in the light intern, who seems so out of place in the CiA. Making the show so wrong and awkward. And even though it is well written the simple miscasting of Piper Perabo reduces the show to less than it could have been.… Full Review »
  3. Tubie
    Nov 3, 2010
    4
    From the promotion and the looks of it this show showed some promise but it never picked up. It was mediocre at best. That only tells me thatFrom the promotion and the looks of it this show showed some promise but it never picked up. It was mediocre at best. That only tells me that maybe I've watched way to many spy or cop shows and that it would take something remarkable to impress me.… Full Review »
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