‘Shameless’ Gets Eighth Season Pickup

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Showtime will bring back its comedy series Shameless for an eighth season, the network said Monday.

The series, which stars Emmy winning actor William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum has been renewed for a 12-episode eighth season that will debut sometime in 2017, said network officials. Showtime aired the season seven finale of the series on Sunday night.

Shameless is produced by Bonanza Productions in association with John Wells Productions and Warner Bros. Television. The most recent season of Shameless was executively produced by John Wells, Nancy M. Pimental, Christopher Chulack, Krista Vernoff, Etan Frankel and Sheila Callaghan, said the network.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.