Shameless (US)

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SHOWTIME | Release Date: December 12, 2010

Summary: Set in working-class Chicago, the Gallagher family, a working class family of eight, must survive the ups and downs of today's recession. With a mother who is out of her element and an alcoholic father who usually ends up passed out on the living room floor, 18-year-old daughter Fiona is left with the task of keeping her five youngerSet in working-class Chicago, the Gallagher family, a working class family of eight, must survive the ups and downs of today's recession. With a mother who is out of her element and an alcoholic father who usually ends up passed out on the living room floor, 18-year-old daughter Fiona is left with the task of keeping her five younger brothers and sisters on the straight and narrow. This series is based on the UK series of the same name.… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Tim Goodman

Jan 6, 2011

Season 1 Review: Shameless is excellent, compelling television from the first moment. As long as it stays true to the roots of the original, it's going to be essential viewing. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Jan 6, 2011

Season 1 Review: [The] sentimental streak in the show is compensated by Frank's coldness and the scrappy urban realism, translated so effectively from the British original. Read full review

Verne Gay

Jan 7, 2015

Season 5 Review: It gets stranger, or--depending on your definition of justice--it gets better. Read full review

Ellen Gray

Jan 6, 2011

Season 1 Review: In Showtime's seemingly unwatered-down version, William H. Macy plays the drunken dad, Frank Gallagher, convincingly enough that you can almost smell the alcohol (along with less-pleasant scents) seeping from every pore. (Other highlights include Joan Cusack as an agoraphobic homemaker whose life's about to change and Emmy Rossum as Fiona, the oldest of Frank's daughters.) Read full review

Tom Gliatto

Feb 13, 2012

Season 2 Review: The show is technically flawless--so is Macy strutting like a mangy Mick Jagger--but the Gallaghers' raucous, defiant pride never really engages me. [20 Feb 2012, p.46]

Michael Abernethy

Jan 9, 2011

Season 1 Review: All this worries Fiona, of course, and her compassion keeps Shameless--a remake of a hit British show--from being a glib mockery of poverty. She is the yin to Frank's yang, organized, focused, and efficient. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Jan 9, 2011

Season 1 Review: Shameless lives up to its title. What's left for the rest of the season? Cannibalism? Macy is a good sport about being dragged around the kitchen like dead weight. Read full review

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manningn15

Aug 9, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Another great season but not as entertaining as the previous seasons. The writing was exceptional especially Lip beginning to have to deal with alcoholism and realizing he has a problem, getting to see Debbie as a mother and having to find a way to be a mother and have a normal teenage life, and Ian's continuous struggle with his bipolar. The character development was phenomenal especially with Lip, Carl, Ian, Fiona, Debbie, Sean, Frank, V, Svetlana, Tony, Mandy, and Kev. The acting was stupendous especially from Jeremy Allen White, Cameron Monaghan, Ethan Cutkosky, Emmy Rossum, Emma Kenney, William H. Macy, Isidora Goreshter, Steve Howey, Shanola Hampton, Dermot Mulroney, Sherilyn Fenn, Emma Greenwell, Steve Kazee, Tyler Jacob Moore, Kellen Michael, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Will Sasso, Nichole Bloom, and Ever Carradine. The chemistry as always was spectacular. This was another full of remarkable writing, character development, and acting but this season just wasn't as entertaining to me as the previous seasons were but it is still my favorite TV show of all time.… Expand

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maestro666

Jun 15, 2020

Not the best not the worst. This TV series had same good moments some bad. I think it's little bit above average but I think it's worth it to try.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 11

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- Season 11 Overview
  Air Date: December 6, 2020
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  S11:E1. WHERE THERE'S A WILL
  Air Date: September 28, 2019
Season 10

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- Season 10 Overview
  Air Date: November 10, 2019
Season 9

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- Season 9 Overview
  Air Date: September 9, 2018
Season 8

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: November 5, 2017
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: October 2, 2016
Season 6

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  Air Date: January 10, 2016
Season 5

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  Air Date: January 11, 2015
Season 4

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  Air Date: January 12, 2014
Season 3

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  Air Date: January 13, 2013
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 8, 2012
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 9, 2011

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