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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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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