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CABLE RATINGS: ‘Shameless’, ‘Army Wives’ Hit Series Highs

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 28, 2011 @ 1:19pm PDTTags: Army Wives, Cable Ratings, Californication, Shameless
Nellie Andreeva

The Season 1 finale of Showtime’s drama Shameless drew 1.16 million viewers at 10 PM last night (1.51 million combined for the two airings). It was the the series’ largest audience to date, up 18% from its previous high, the series premiere (982,000), and marked Showtime’s biggest audience for a Season 1 finale telecast in 10 years, since Queer as Folk in 2001 (1.49 million). At 9 PM was the Season 4 finale of Californication (547,000, 1.06 million combined with the two replays). Both series have already been renewed.

Lifetime’s Army Wives also hit a series high in total viewers last night. The episode dealing with the death of Jeremy Sherwood (Richard Bryant) while in combat, drew 4.8 million viewers. The episode also posted season bests in adults 18-49 (2.2 million), women 25-54 (1.8 million) and women 18-49 (1.7 million).

Additionally, the Friday premiere of Disney Channel’s The Suite Life Movie drew 5.2 million viewers.

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TCA: William H. Macy Happy to Play An Alcoholic On ‘Shameless’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 14, 2011 @ 5:13pm PSTTags: John Wells, John Wells Shameless, Shameless, Showtime, TCA, TCA Showtime, Television Critics Association, TV, William H. Macy Shameless

From Ray Richmond, who is contributing to Deadline Hollywood’s TCA coverage:

It was a shaggy-haired William H. Macy who showed up this afternoon in Pasadena for a TCA session hyping his new John Wells-produced Showtime series Shameless that premiered last Sunday. He portrays … Read More »

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Showtime To Preview New Drama ‘Shameless’ After ‘Dexter’ Finale

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday December 8, 2010 @ 10:32am PSTTags: Cable TV, Dexter Finale, Emmy Rossum, John Wells, Paul Abbott, Shameless, Showtime, Trailers, TV, Video, William H. Macy
Nellie Andreeva

Showtime will use the Dexter finale to get big sampling for new drama Shameless, which is slated to premiere January 9. The pay cable network will preview the first 20 minutes of Shameless following the Dexter season finale this Sunday. Based on the UK series, Shameless, from John Wells and … Read More »

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Showtime Castings: ‘Nurse Jackie’, ‘Shameless’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday October 23, 2010 @ 4:42pm PDTTags: Cable TV, Judith Light, Nurse Jackie, Peter Facinelli, Robert Knepper, Shameless, Shameless Casting, Showtime, TV, TV Casting
Nellie Andreeva

After Blythe Danner and Swoosie Kurtz made a memorable turn as Peter Facinelli’s lesbian moms on the first season of Nurse Jackie, the show’s producers decided to bring the characters back for another guest stint in the upcoming third season. … Read More »

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Showtime Tweaks January Original Lineup

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday September 22, 2010 @ 1:08pm PDTTags: Cable TV Scheduling, Californication, David Nevins Showtime, Episodes, Shameless, Showtime, Showtime Original Series, TV
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATED: Coming in January, all of Showtime’s original series will run on one night, Sunday. Back in July, Showtime announced that new drama Shameless will debut on Jan. 9 and air in the Sunday 10 PM slot. Returning comedy Californication and new half-hour Episodes were scheduled to premiere Jan. … Read More »

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Joan Cusack Joins Showtime’s ‘Shameless’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 31, 2010 @ 9:11am PDTTags: Cable TV, Joan Cusack, John Wells, Shameless, Shameless Casting, Shameless Showtime, TV Casting
Nellie Andreeva

Joan Cusack has joined the cast of Showtime’s new drama series Shameless and appear in all 12 episodes of the new series. She’ll play the role of Sheila, an agoraphobic Chicago housewife with a sexually active teenage daughter who strikes up a special friendship with William H. Macy’s character, Frank Gallagher. She replaces Allison Janney, who played the role in the pilot but had to pull out because of her commitment to ABC’s Mr. Sunshine after the producers of Shameless decided to make the character more prominent than originally planned. Production on the  series begins in mid-September for a January 9 premiere. Read More »

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