Showtime announced today that they’ll be kicking off 2015 with new seasons of their hit series, “Shameless,” “House of Lies,” and “Episodes.” All three shows will air back-to-back beginning Sunday, January 11 at 9:00pm, 10:00pm and 10:30pm, respectively.
“Shameless,” beginning its fifth season, stars Oscar-nominee and Emmy winner William H. Macy as pickled patriarch Frank Gallagher and Golden Globe nominee Emmy Rossum as his daughter, Fiona. Recently garnering three Emmy Award nominations in the Comedy category, “Shameless” season five finds the Gallaghers dealing with both the upside and downside of personal and urban renewal. As their neighborhood begins a move towards gentrifying, the Gallagher clan begins to reconcile their chaotic past in the hopes of building a better future.
Dermot Mulroney and Steve Kazee and Sasha Alexander will guest star alongside 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.
Then, Oscar nominee Don Cheadle returns as Marty Kaan in the fourth season of “House of Lies”. We last left a despondent Marty alone in the desert after a cataclysmic double-cross by Jeannie (Kristen Bell) and a visit by the Feds. This season, Martys brief stint in white collar prison left Jeannie to pick up the pieces of the now tainted Kaan & Associates with Clyde (Ben Schwartz) and Doug (Josh Lawson). Client flight decimated the bottom line, but Marty is a singular focus: winning, at any and all cost.
Larenz Tate (Rush) returns as Martys brother Malcolm along with new guest stars Demetri Martin (“The Daily Show with John Stewart”) and Valorie Curry (“The Following”). From the hit tell-all book “House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Tell You the Time” by Martin Kihn, “House of Lies” stars Cheadle (Iron Man 3) in his three-time Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance. Kristen Bell (Frozen, “Veronica Mars”) plays his razor-sharp partner, along with Emmy winner Ben Schwartz (This is Where I Leave You); Josh Lawson (Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues); Emmy winner Glynn Turman (“In Treatment”); and Donis Leonard Jr. (“Criminal Minds”). Produced by “Showtime,” “House of Lies” is created and executive produced by Matthew Carnahan. Jessika Borsiczky, Don Cheadle and David Walpert return as executive producers for season four.
Finally, Matt LeBlanc is back as Matt LeBlanc in the fourth season of “Episodes” at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. He returns in his Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning role as a fictionalized version of himself. This season, Matt faces a financial crisis and is forced to make some tough decisions. Matt being Matt, he will likely make the wrong ones. Sean (Stephen Mangan) and Beverly (Tamsin Greig) have been dragged back to L.A. to shoot more episodes of their disastrous sitcom Pucks! Meanwhile, their other project, “The Opposite of Us,” refuses to go away. And theres a new network head who will, in all likelihood, make life more complicated for everyone.
“Episodes” is created and executive produced by award-winning writing partners David Crane (“Friends”) and Jeffrey Klarik (“Mad About You”), and is also executive produced by Jimmy Mulville through his Hat Trick production company.
