Shameless is an American television comedy-drama series which premiered on Showtime on January 9, 2011. [1] Created by Paul Abbott the series is adapted by John Wells based upon the British series of the same name. HBO began developing an American version of Shameless after striking a deal with John Wells in January 2009. [2] By October 2009 the development had moved to Showtime. John Wells Productions filmed a pilot episode for the cable network in December 2009. [3]
Comedy-drama or dramedy, is a genre in film and in television works in which plot elements are a combination of comedy and drama. It is a subgenre of contemporary tragicomedy. Comedy-drama is especially found in television programs and is considered a "hybrid genre".
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Paul Abbott is an English television screenwriter and producer. Abbott has become one of the most critically and commercially successful television writers working in Britain today, following his work on many popular series, including Coronation Street, Cracker and Shameless, the last of which he created. He is also responsible for the creation of some of the most highly acclaimed television dramas of the 1990s and 2000s, including Reckless and Touching Evil for ITV and Clocking Off and State of Play for the BBC.
On November 8, 2017, the series was renewed for a ninth season, [4] which premiered on September 9, 2018. [5] In January 2019, the series was renewed for a tenth season, which will premiere in late 2019. [6] As of March 10,2019, [update] Expression error: Unexpected < operator episodes of Shameless have aired, concluding the ninth season.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 12 | January 9, 2011 | March 27, 2011 | ||
2 | 12 | January 8, 2012 | April 1, 2012 | ||
3 | 12 | January 13, 2013 | April 7, 2013 | ||
4 | 12 | January 12, 2014 | April 6, 2014 | ||
5 | 12 | January 11, 2015 | April 5, 2015 | ||
6 | 12 | January 10, 2016 | April 3, 2016 | ||
7 | 12 | October 2, 2016 | December 18, 2016 | ||
8 | 12 | November 5, 2017 | January 28, 2018 | ||
9 | 14 | 7 | September 9, 2018 | October 21, 2018 | |
7 | January 20, 2019 | March 10, 2019 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Mark Mylod | Teleplay by: Paul Abbott and John Wells British Episode by: Paul Abbott | January 9, 2011 | 296769 | 0.98 [7] |
2 | 2 | "Frank the Plank" | John Wells | Teleplay by: Paul Abbott and John Wells British Episode by: Paul Abbott | January 16, 2011 | 2J5402 | 0.81 [8] |
3 | 3 | "Aunt Ginger" | Stephen Hopkins | Nancy M. Pimental | January 23, 2011 | 2J5403 | 0.90 [9] |
4 | 4 | "Casey Casden" | Todd Holland | Teleplay and Television Story by:Cindy Caponera British Episode by: Paul Abbott | January 30, 2011 | 2J5404 | 1.11 [10] |
5 | 5 | "Three Boys" | Mimi Leder | Teleplay by: Alex Borstein British Episode by: Danny Brocklehurst | February 6, 2011 | 2J5405 | 0.95 [11] |
6 | 6 | "Killer Carl" | John Dahl | Mike O'Malley | February 13, 2011 | 2J5406 | 1.01 [12] |
7 | 7 | "Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father" | David Nutter | Etan Frankel | February 20, 2011 | 2J5407 | 1.14 [13] |
8 | 8 | "It's Time to Kill the Turtle" | Scott Frank | Nathan Jackson and Nancy M. Pimental | February 27, 2011 | 2J5408 | 0.92 [14] |
9 | 9 | "But At Last Came a Knock" | Mark Mylod | Teleplay by: Alex Borstein British Episode by: Paul Abbott | March 6, 2011 | 2J5409 | 1.14 [15] |
10 | 10 | "Nana Gallagher Had an Affair" | Adam Bernstein | Teleplay and Television Story by: Cindy Caponera British Episode by: Paul Abbott | March 13, 2011 | 2J5410 | 1.12 [16] |
11 | 11 | "Daddyz Girl" | Sanaa Hamri | Nancy M. Pimental | March 20, 2011 | 2J5411 | 1.10 [17] |
12 | 12 | "Father Frank, Full of Grace" | Mark Mylod | John Wells | March 27, 2011 | 2J5412 | 1.16 [18] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 | 1 | "Summertime" | Mark Mylod | John Wells | January 8, 2012 | 2J5951 | 1.58 [19] |
14 | 2 | "Summer Loving" | John Wells | Mike O'Malley | January 15, 2012 | 2J5952 | 1.25 [20] |
15 | 3 | "I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day" | Craig Zisk | Nancy M. Pimental | January 22, 2012 | 2J5953 | 1.28 [21] |
16 | 4 | "A Beautiful Mess" | Mark Mylod | Alex Borstein | January 29, 2012 | 2J5954 | 1.37 [22] |
17 | 5 | "Father's Day" | Anthony Hemingway | Etan Frankel | February 5, 2012 | 2J5955 | 1.01 [23] |
18 | 6 | "Can I Have a Mother" | John Dahl | William H. Macy & Steven Schachter | February 12, 2012 | 2J5956 | 1.44 [24] |
19 | 7 | "A Bottle of Jean Nate" | David Nutter | Nancy M. Pimental | February 19, 2012 | 2J5957 | 1.41 [25] |
20 | 8 | "Parenthood" | Daisy Von Scherler Mayer | Mike O'Malley | March 4, 2012 | 2J5958 | 1.60 [26] |
21 | 9 | "Hurricane Monica" | Alex Graves | Alex Borstein | March 11, 2012 | 2J5959 | 1.31 [27] |
22 | 10 | "A Great Cause" | Mimi Leder | Etan Frankel | March 18, 2012 | 2J5960 | 1.16 [28] |
23 | 11 | "Just Like the Pilgrims Intended" | Mark Mylod | Story by: LaToya Morgan & Nancy M. Pimental Teleplay by: Nancy M. Pimental | March 25, 2012 | 2J5961 | 1.51 [29] |
24 | 12 | "Fiona Interrupted" | John Wells | John Wells | April 1, 2012 | 2J5962 | 1.45 [30] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 | 1 | "El Gran Canon" | Mark Mylod | John Wells | January 13, 2013 | 2J6601 | 2.00 [31] |
26 | 2 | "The American Dream" | Anthony Hemingway | Nancy M. Pimental | January 20, 2013 | 2J6602 | 1.37 [32] |
27 | 3 | "May I Trim Your Hedges?" | Steve Shill | Krista Vernoff | January 27, 2013 | 2J6603 | 1.99 [33] |
28 | 4 | "The Helpful Gallaghers" | Randall Einhorn | Mike O'Malley | February 10, 2013 | 2J6604 | 1.53 [34] |
29 | 5 | "The Sins of My Caretaker" | J. Michael Muro | Sheila Callaghan | February 17, 2013 | 2J6605 | 1.31 [35] |
30 | 6 | "Cascading Failures" | Anthony Hemingway | Alex Borstein | February 24, 2013 | 2J6606 | 1.48 [36] |
31 | 7 | "A Long Way From Home" | Mimi Leder | Etan Frankel | March 3, 2013 | 2J6607 | 1.76 [37] |
32 | 8 | "Where There's a Will" | Danny Cannon | Davey Holmes | March 10, 2013 | 2J6608 | 1.66 [38] |
33 | 9 | "Frank the Plumber" | Mark Mylod | Krista Vernoff | March 17, 2013 | 2J6609 | 1.67 [39] |
34 | 10 | "Civil Wrongs" | Gary B. Goldman | Mike O'Malley | March 24, 2013 | 2J6610 | 1.61 [40] |
35 | 11 | "Order Room Service" | Sanaa Hamri | Sheila Callaghan | March 31, 2013 | 2J6611 | 1.65 [41] |
36 | 12 | "Survival of the Fittest" | Mark Mylod | Etan Frankel & Nancy M. Pimental | April 7, 2013 | 2J6612 | 1.82 [42] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37 | 1 | "Simple Pleasures" | John Wells | John Wells | January 12, 2014 | 1.69 [43] |
38 | 2 | "My Oldest Daughter" | Mimi Leder | Nancy M. Pimental | January 19, 2014 | 1.60 [44] |
39 | 3 | "Like Father, Like Daughter" | Sanaa Hamri | Sheila Callaghan | January 26, 2014 | 1.83 [45] |
40 | 4 | "Strangers on a Train" | Peter Segal | Etan Frankel | February 2, 2014 | 1.22 [46] |
41 | 5 | "There's the Rub" | David Nutter | Davey Holmes | February 9, 2014 | 1.58 [47] |
42 | 6 | "Iron City" | James Ponsoldt | John Wells | February 16, 2014 | 1.90 [48] |
43 | 7 | "A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard and Parasitic Twin" | Gary B. Goldman | Nancy M. Pimental | February 23, 2014 | 1.89 [49] |
44 | 8 | "Hope Springs Paternal" | Mimi Leder | Sheila Callaghan | March 9, 2014 | 1.77 [50] |
45 | 9 | "The Legend of Bonnie and Carl" | Mark Mylod | Etan Frankel | March 16, 2014 | 1.70 [51] |
46 | 10 | "Liver, I Hardly Know Her" | Christopher Chulack | Davey Holmes | March 23, 2014 | 1.63 [52] |
47 | 11 | "Emily" | Anthony Hemingway | Nancy M. Pimental | March 30, 2014 | 1.76 [53] |
48 | 12 | "Lazarus" | Mark Mylod | John Wells | April 6, 2014 | 1.93 [54] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
49 | 1 | "Milk of the Gods" | Christopher Chulack | Nancy M. Pimental | January 11, 2015 | 1.77 [55] |
50 | 2 | "I'm the Liver" | Sanaa Hamri | Krista Vernoff | January 18, 2015 | 1.76 [56] |
51 | 3 | "The Two Lisas" | Peter Segal | Sheila Callaghan | January 25, 2015 | 1.96 [57] |
52 | 4 | "A Night to Remem... Wait, What?" | Richie Keen | Davey Holmes | February 1, 2015 | 1.26 [58] |
53 | 5 | "Rite of Passage" | Alex Graves | Etan Frankel | February 8, 2015 | 1.64 [59] |
54 | 6 | "Crazy Love" | Anthony Hemingway | John Wells | February 15, 2015 | 1.26 [60] |
55 | 7 | "Tell Me You Fucking Need Me" | William H. Macy | Nancy M. Pimental | March 1, 2015 | 1.44 [61] |
56 | 8 | "Uncle Carl" | Wendey Stanzler | Krista Vernoff | March 8, 2015 | 1.60 [62] |
57 | 9 | "Carl's First Sentencing" | Christopher Chulack | Etan Frankel | March 15, 2015 | 1.62 [63] |
58 | 10 | "South Side Rules" | Michael Uppendahl | Sheila Callaghan | March 22, 2015 | 1.67 [64] |
59 | 11 | "Drugs Actually" | Mimi Leder | Davey Holmes | March 29, 2015 | 1.43 [65] |
60 | 12 | "Love Songs (In the Key of Gallagher)" | Christopher Chulack | John Wells | April 5, 2015 | 1.55 [66] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
61 | 1 | "I Only Miss Her When I'm Breathing" | Christopher Chulack | John Wells | January 1, 2016(online) January 10, 2016(Showtime) | 1.44 [67] |
62 | 2 | "#AbortionRules" | Iain B. MacDonald | Nancy M. Pimental | January 17, 2016 | 1.64 [68] |
63 | 3 | "The F Word" | Nisha Ganatra | Krista Vernoff | January 24, 2016 | 1.70 [69] |
64 | 4 | "Going Once, Going Twice" | Christopher Chulack | Davey Holmes | January 31, 2016 | 1.70 [70] |
65 | 5 | "Refugees" | Wendey Stanzler | Etan Frankel | February 7, 2016 | 1.16 [71] |
66 | 6 | "NSFW" | Jake Schreier | Sheila Callaghan | February 14, 2016 | 1.60 [72] |
67 | 7 | "Pimp's Paradise" | Peter Segal | Dominique Morisseau | February 21, 2016 | 1.66 [73] |
68 | 8 | "Be a Good Boy. Come For Grandma." | Iain B. MacDonald | Nancy M. Pimental | March 6, 2016 | 1.50 [74] |
69 | 9 | "A Yurt of One's Own" | Ruben Garcia | Davey Holmes | March 13, 2016 | 1.68 [75] |
70 | 10 | "Paradise Lost" | Lynn Shelton | Etan Frankel | March 20, 2016 | 1.60 [76] |
71 | 11 | "Sleep No More" | Anthony Hemingway | Sheila Callaghan | March 27, 2016 | 1.45 [77] |
72 | 12 | "Familia Supra Gallegorious Omnia!" | Christopher Chulack | John Wells | April 3, 2016 | 1.63 [78] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
73 | 1 | "Hiraeth" | Christopher Chulack | John Wells | September 23, 2016(online) October 2, 2016(Showtime) | 1.24 [79] |
74 | 2 | "Swipe, Fuck, Leave" | Rob Hardy | Nancy M. Pimental | October 9, 2016 | 1.11 [80] |
75 | 3 | "Home Sweet Homeless Shelter" | Iain B. MacDonald | Krista Vernoff | October 16, 2016 | 1.44 [81] |
76 | 4 | "I Am a Storm" | Emmy Rossum | Sheila Callaghan | October 23, 2016 | 1.38 [82] |
77 | 5 | "Own Your Shit" | Christopher Chulack | Dominique Morisseau | October 30, 2016 | 1.20 [83] |
78 | 6 | "The Defenestration of Frank" | David Nutter | Etan Frankel | November 6, 2016 | 1.44 [84] |
79 | 7 | "You'll Never Ever Get a Chicken in Your Whole Entire Life" | John Wells | Nancy M. Pimental | November 13, 2016 | 1.33 [85] |
80 | 8 | "You Sold Me the Laundromat, Remember?" | Allison Liddi-Brown | Krista Vernoff | November 20, 2016 | 1.40 [86] |
81 | 9 | "Ouroboros" | Christopher Chulack | Sheila Callaghan | November 27, 2016 | 1.56 [87] |
82 | 10 | "Ride or Die" | Zetna Fuentes | Dominique Morisseau | December 4, 2016 | 1.60 [88] |
83 | 11 | "Happily Ever After" | John M. Valerio | Etan Frankel | December 11, 2016 | 1.58 [89] |
84 | 12 | "Requiem for a Slut" | John Wells | John Wells | December 18, 2016 | 1.72 [90] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
85 | 1 | "We Become What We... Frank!" | Iain B. MacDonald | John Wells | November 5, 2017 | 1.86 [91] |
86 | 2 | "Where's My Meth?" | Anthony Hemingway | Nancy M. Pimental | November 12, 2017 | 1.37 [92] |
87 | 3 | "God Bless Her Rotting Soul" | Michael Morris | Krista Vernoff | November 19, 2017 | 1.34 [93] |
88 | 4 | "Fuck Paying It Forward" | Regina King | Dominique Morisseau | November 26, 2017 | 1.59 [94] |
89 | 5 | "The (Mis)Education of Liam Fergus Beircheart Gallagher" | Iain B. MacDonald | Sheila Callaghan | December 3, 2017 | 1.51 [95] |
90 | 6 | "Icarus Fell And Rusty Ate Him" | Zetna Fuentes | Mark Steilen | December 10, 2017 | 1.52 [96] |
91 | 7 | "Occupy Fiona" | Iain B. MacDonald | Molly Smith Metzler | December 17, 2017 | 1.58 [97] |
92 | 8 | "Frank's Northern Southern Express" | Emmy Rossum | Nancy M. Pimental | December 31, 2017 | 0.81 [98] |
93 | 9 | "The Fugees" | Jeffrey Reiner | Dominique Morisseau | January 7, 2018 | 1.65 [99] |
94 | 10 | "Church of Gay Jesus" | Anna Mastro | Sheila Callaghan | January 14, 2018 | 1.52 [100] |
95 | 11 | "A Gallagher Pedicure" | Iain B. MacDonald | Mark Steilen | January 21, 2018 | 1.52 [101] |
96 | 12 | "Sleepwalking" | John Wells | John Wells | January 28, 2018 | 1.73 [102] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
97 | 1 | "Are You There Shim? It's Me, Ian" | Iain B. MacDonald | Nancy M. Pimental | September 9, 2018 | 1.31 [103] |
98 | 2 | "Mo White!" | Erin Feeley | Molly Smith Metzler | September 16, 2018 | 1.12 [104] |
99 | 3 | "Weirdo Gallagher Vortex" | Kat Coiro | Joe Lawson | September 23, 2018 | 1.05 [105] |
100 | 4 | "Do Right, Vote White!" | Mark Mylod | John Wells | September 30, 2018 | 1.09 [106] |
101 | 5 | "Black-Haired Ginger" | William H. Macy | Philip Buiser | October 7, 2018 | 1.00 [107] |
102 | 6 | "Face It, You're Gorgeous" | Allison Liddi-Brown | Nancy M. Pimental | October 14, 2018 | 0.92 [108] |
103 | 7 | "Down Like the Titanic" | Silver Tree | Molly Smith Metzler | October 21, 2018 | 1.00 [109] |
104 | 8 | "The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Alibi" | Zetna Fuentes | Joe Lawson | January 20, 2019 | 0.80 [110] |
105 | 9 | "BOOOOOOOOOOOONE!" | Loren Yaconelli | Philip Buiser | January 27, 2019 | 0.84 [111] |
106 | 10 | "Los Diablos!" | Roberto Sneider | Nancy M. Pimental | February 10, 2019 | 1.14 [112] |
107 | 11 | "The Hobo Games" | Iain B. MacDonald | Molly Smith Metzler | February 17, 2019 | 0.97 [113] |
108 | 12 | "You'll Know the Bottom When You Hit It" | Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini | Joe Lawson | February 24, 2019 | 0.81 [114] |
109 | 13 | "Lost" | Iain B. MacDonald | John Wells | March 3, 2019 | 1.13 [115] |
110 | 14 | "Found" | John Wells | John Wells | March 10, 2019 | 1.35 [116] |
Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
1 | 0.98 | 0.81 | 0.90 | 1.11 | 0.95 | 1.01 | 1.14 | 0.92 | 1.14 | 1.12 | 1.10 | 1.16 | N/A | 1.03 | ||
2 | 1.58 | 1.25 | 1.28 | 1.37 | 1.01 | 1.44 | 1.41 | 1.60 | 1.31 | 1.16 | 1.51 | 1.45 | N/A | 1.36 | ||
3 | 2.00 | 1.37 | 1.99 | 1.53 | 1.31 | 1.48 | 1.76 | 1.66 | 1.67 | 1.61 | 1.65 | 1.82 | N/A | 1.65 | ||
4 | 1.69 | 1.60 | 1.83 | 1.22 | 1.58 | 1.90 | 1.89 | 1.77 | 1.70 | 1.63 | 1.76 | 1.93 | N/A | 1.71 | ||
5 | 1.77 | 1.76 | 1.96 | 1.26 | 1.64 | 1.26 | 1.44 | 1.60 | 1.62 | 1.67 | 1.43 | 1.55 | N/A | 1.58 | ||
6 | 1.44 | 1.64 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.16 | 1.60 | 1.66 | 1.50 | 1.68 | 1.60 | 1.45 | 1.63 | N/A | 1.56 | ||
7 | 1.24 | 1.11 | 1.44 | 1.38 | 1.20 | 1.44 | 1.33 | 1.40 | 1.56 | 1.60 | 1.58 | 1.72 | N/A | 1.42 | ||
8 | 1.86 | 1.37 | 1.34 | 1.59 | 1.51 | 1.52 | 1.58 | 0.81 | 1.65 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.73 | N/A | 1.50 | ||
9 | 1.31 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 1.09 | 1.00 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.84 | 1.14 | 0.97 | 0.81 | 1.13 | 1.35 | 1.04 |
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