Shameless Return For Showtime

The second season of US comedy drama Shameless will launch on Showtime in January the broadcaster has revealed. Fans of the comedy drama can look forward to its return for a second series on Sunday 8th January. Shameless is a remake of the British drama, of the same name, created by Paul Abbott and airs on Channel Four in the UK. The 8th season of Shameless is currently airing on Channel Four with a ninth confirmed for next year. The American remake stars William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Joan Cusack, Ethan Cutkosky, Jeremy Allen White and Cameron Monaghan. The series is produced by John Wells - who helped develop the remake - and Paul Abbott along with Andrew Stearn. The first episode of Shameless was the highest watched series premier on Showtime since 2003 and the first season drew mostly positive reviews.

Meanwhile, Emmy Rossum became frustrated during a panel session at Comic-Con when the moderator asked her for her thoughts on nudity, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The media outlet admits to having asked the star about her sex scenes on Shameless once or twice before but says it’s kind of hard not to. They’re intense, sexy (even when they’re not supposed to be), and plentiful. Yet, the actress made it clear at a recent Showtime Panel at San Diego Comic-Con that she’s really quite over answering questions about her nudity and sex scenes.


“I’m so tired of answering this question,” Rossum said with more than a hint of frustration in her voice after the moderator asked her about her thoughts on nudity and she decided to give them. “It’s so inane that it’s such a big thing,” she continued as the audience applauded her. “Like if someone takes off their clothes, that’s such a big deal. There’s such a stupid stigma about it. It’s just a body. It doesn’t say anything about who you are inside.”

Maybe, the interest in her character’s very brazen sexuality on the show comes from the fact that she was an unexpected pick for the role. Many fans know her as the young, glamorous naïve star in the feature film version of the Phantom of the Opera. Possibly, after a season on the series, she hopes that we’ve seen her in a different light – even when fully clothed. “I think I revealed way more in the show in scenes where I got to be unattractive and angry and bitter and lonely,” she explains. “Than I ever did in a scene when I’m having sex with my boyfriend. It doesn’t seem all that much to me, but it seems that people are all in a tizzy.”