USA continues to reshape its original series lineup, this time benching freshman comedy Benched after its rookie run.

Benched, which debuted in October to 870,000 viewers, aired what turned out to be its last episode on Dec. 30.

USA was already cutting back on its scripted comedies, leaving only Sirens and Playing House on its schedule.

The network also concluded the run for a pair of long-running dramas, ending Covert Affairs and White Collarlast year after five and six seasons, respectively.

The cable network, which ceded its perch atop cable primetime to ESPN in 2014, has renewed a number of series, including Royal Pains, Suits, Graceland, Satisfaction, Playing House and Chrisley Knows Best. On tap for 2015:  Dig, Mr. Robot and Complications.

The network also has four pilots in the works.

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Looks like Christopher Gorham’s Auggie Anderson character didn’t have to make the decision to leave the agency after all: USA Network made it for him.

After a five-season run, USA elected not to renew Covert Affairs, from corporate cousin Universal Cable Productions, for a sixth campaign.  As it stands, the Dec. 18 episode in which Anderson was deciding whether to leave the CIA and Piper Perabo’s Annie Walker was weighing a marriage proposal and an offer to join a different CIA taskforce, was the show’s last, attracting 1.6 million watchers.

The show joinsWhite Collar, which concluded its six-season stay at USA last year, and Rush, which lasted just one, on the sidelines.

During its fifth season, Covert Affairs averaged 990,000 18-to-49 viewers in Nielsen live+seven ratings — a 136% increase from its live-plus-same day numbers. The series averaged 1.3 million 25-to-54 viewers gauged on a live+seven  basis, up 141% from live-plus-same day, and 3.3 million total viewers, a 117% advance.

Those deliveries evidently weren’t good enough to go forward. The cable network, which ceded its perch atop cable primetime to ESPN in 2014, has renewed a number of series, including Royal Pains, Suits, Graceland, Satisfaction, Playing House and Chrisley Knows Best. On tap for 2015:  Dig, Mr. Robot and Complications.

The network also has four pilots in the works.