Shameless Renewed For Season 6 By Showtime!

Showtime today announced it has renewed Shameless for Season 6.

Press release:

SHOWTIME COMEDY SHAMELESS GETS SIXTH SEASON PICK-UP

Hot off its season five premiere last night, SHOWTIME has ordered a sixth season of SHAMELESS, the network’s highest-rated comedy series for a 12-episode order. Production on season six starting later this year.

The fifth season of SHAMELESS stars Oscar nominee and Emmy winner William H. Macy as pickled patriarch Frank Gallagher and Golden Globe nominee Emmy Rossum as daughter Fiona. Recently garnering three Emmy Award nominations in the ‘Comedy’ category, as well Golden Globe and SAG noms for Macy, SHAMELESS season 5 finds the Gallaghers dealing with the upsides and downsides of personal growth and urban renewal. As their neighborhood begins a move towards gentrifying, the Gallagher clan tries to reconcile their chaotic past in the hopes of building a better future. Dermot Mulroney, Steve Kazee and Sasha Alexander guest star. The series stars Macy and Rossum, along with Ethan Cutkosky, Emily Bergl, Shanola Hampton, Steve Howey, Emma Kenney, Cameron Monaghan, Jeremy Allen White, Noel Fisher and special guest star Joan Cusack. Based on the long-running hit U.K. series, SHAMELESS is executive-produced by Emmy Award winning television and film producer John Wells, Andrew Stearn, Christopher Chulack, Davey Holmes and Nancy Pimental. Wells developed the series for American television. Paul Abbott serves as executive consultant. SHAMELESS is produced by Bonanza Productions, Inc. in association with John Wells Productions and Warner Bros. Television.