Both new seasons are expected to air in 2015, with production beginning later this year.  Showtime has also recently renewed Matt LeBlanc’s Episodes for a fourth season, thus renewing its entire Sunday night lineup.

Starring William H. Macy, Shameless is currently on track to air its highest-rated season yet.  The drama averages 5.5 million viewers, weekly, across platforms.  House of Lies, starring Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell is averaging 3 million viewers, weekly, and pulled its own highest-rated telecast of the season last week.

These renewals bring House of Lies to its fourth season and Shameless to its fifth.

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When Shameless returns, the Gallaghers are getting by about as well as they ever have with Fiona still working at Worldwide Cup and the household slightly more empty with Ian still gone and Lip at college. However, Frank is still lurking in the shadows and, should he choose, could end up being the stone that sinks the financial and emotional stability gained by his family in his absence.

House of Lies will pick up after the dissolution of the Pod in the second season finale, with Marty starting his own firm, Clyde moving over to work with Monica, and Doug and Jeannie staying on at Galweather, looking to achieve the type of individual success they never could before. However, there’s a danger that the four of them work best when they’re together and that they won’t be able to match their previous success in their new situations.

Finally, Episodes sees turnover at the network with Merc out of a job and Carol possibly assuming his role as head of the network. Sean and Beverly may have patched things up during last season’s finale, but they still have to maneuver through the emotional minefield that stands between them and marital bliss. Additionally, their working relationship isn’t on the most stable ground, as whoever comes in to replace Merc will be looking to make their mark on the network and a cancellation of Pucks! could be the first step toward the network regaining the respectability they lost this season.

The fourth season of Shameless is set to premiere Sunday, January 12th at 9:00 on Showtime, with the third season premieres of House of Lies and Episodes following at 10:00 and 10:30, respectively.

Will you be watching any of Shameless, House of Lies, and Episodes this season? Do you think that the Gallagher family can finally clear the poverty line and begin their ascent toward middle class? Is Pucks! going to be able to survive now that there’s a new network regime in place?

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-Like to talk about television? Bravo has announced a new half-hour unscripted series titled The People’s Couch, which features real people watching and commenting on popular shows and news from the past week. The three-episode limited series will premiere Sunday, October 6th at 11:30.

–Community will begin its syndicated run on Comedy Central Sunday, September 15th with a 10-episode fan favorite marathon beginning at 11:30 a.m. The series, which is set to premiere its fifth season sometime midseason, will then move to its regular slot of Fridays at 9:00 beginning September 20th.

-Will Arnett, Margo Martindale, Jimmy Kimmel, Andre Braugher, Alec Baldwin, Bryan Cranston, Claire Danes, and Sofia Vergara have been named presenters at the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards, CBS announced. They join Diahann Carroll, Matt Damon, Emily Deschanel, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Douglas, Anna Faris, Tina Fey, Allison Janney, Amy Poehler, and Kerry Washington.

-National Geographic telefilm Killing Kennedy, starring Rob Lowe as President John F. Kennedy and Ginnifer Goodwin as Jackie Kennedy, will premiere Sunday, November 10th to mark the 60th anniversary of John and Jackie’s wedding. The film will then be released in 171 countries and 48 languages, timed to the 50th anniversary of the assassination.

-GSN has greenlit eight episodes of Skin Wars, a reality-competition series focused on finding the best body painter. The series will air sometime in 2014 and should be the second body painting-focused series on television, following the fall premiere of Syfy’s Naked Vegas.

-For its upcoming 13th season, American Idol has brought back Nominate an Idol, where friends and family members can submit videos of their loved one singing for a chance of a surprise audition. From now through September 20th, videos are being accepted on americanidol.com.

-MTV has greenlit two new drama pilots: Finding Carter, about a girl who finds out that the woman she thought was her mother abducted her as a toddler and must now return to her biological family, and Eye Candy, centering on a tech genius who uncovers a potential serial killer in Manhattan through online dating. Finding Carter is from Emily Silver (Bones) and Terri Minsky (Sex and the City), while Eye Candy comes from Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity) and Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight).

-Renewals/cancellations: We TV’s LA Hair has made it to a third season after becoming fourth most popular reality cable show in primetime and increasing its total viewers by nearly 60%; TLC has ordered another 10 episodes of Who Do You Think You Are?, executive produced by Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky; TruTV reality series Container Wars will have a second season; BET has canceled Reed Between the Lines and given the second season go-ahead to Being Mary Jane, whose first season doesn’t premiere until January.

-The CW has acquired Canadian comedy Seed from leading independent studio Entertainment One. The series, which debuted this past February and follows a single bartender who becomes a sperm donor, will premiere sometime this season.

-Mekhi Phifer and Eliza Coupe have joined the cast of Showtime comedy House of Lies in recurring roles. Phifer is set to play a successful entrepreneur who calls on Marty to help with his business, while Couple will portray a wild-child heiress to an internet fortune.

-Lifetime has picked up a personal shopping-themed reality series called Million Dollar Shoppers, where three personal shoppers try to meet the fashion needs of their clients. The series premieres October 10th at 10:30 before moving to 10:00 on October 24th, where it will follow the season premiere of Project Runway All Stars.

-Nickelodeon animated series Sanjay & Craig has been renewed for a second season, the network announced Thursday. The tale of an excitable 12-year-old boy (voiced by Maulik Pancholy) and his snake best friend (voiced by Chris Hardwick), the series will have 20 episodes in its second season. Additional voices in the cast include Linda Cardenelli, Matt Jones, and Tony Hale.

-EPIX will air Schooled: The Price of College Sports on October 16th at 8:00. The documentary, narrated by Sam Rockwell, takes a look at issues surrounding the business of college sports and the NCAA’s treatment of its athletes.

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As a result of the scheduling alteration, the seventh season of Californication has been bounced to April, where it will air alongside the sixth season of Nurse Jackie. This will be the David Duchovny’s second major move in its run after going from fall to winter in 2011, where it joined Shameless and then-fledgling comedy House of Lies. Due to the cancellation of The Borgias, a new drama will likely be premiering alongside the two veteran comedies this spring; contenders for this spot include psychological thriller Penny Dreadful, starring Josh Hartnett and Eva Green, and The Vatican, starring Kyle Chandler as the Archbishop of New York.

The only hole left in the Showtime schedule for next year is their summer programming. Ray Donovan will be returning for a second season, but there’s no word yet on what they’ll be pairing it with. Aside from Penny Dreadful and The Vatican, the network has hour-long The Affair, starring Dominic West and Ruth Wilson, in development, though that series only made its second casting today. Should it be ordered to series, it likely wouldn’t debut until sometime in 2015.

Shameless will return next year to its 9:00 slot, with House of Lies following at 10:00 and Episodes closing at 10:30.

What do you think will happen on Shameless next season? Will the pod ever reform on House of Lies? Is there a chance that Merc’s successor at the network will save Pucks from cancellation?

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