In January 2020, the series was renewed for its eleventh and final season, which was scheduled to premiere in mid-2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic it instead premiered on December 6, 2020. In January 2019, the series was renewed for a tenth season, which premiered on November 10, 2019. With the premiere of the ninth season on September 9, 2018, Shameless became the longest-running original scripted series in Showtime's history. The show is set on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is an adaptation of Paul Abbott's British series of the same name and features an ensemble cast led by William H. Shameless is an American comedy-drama television series developed by John Wells that aired on Showtime from January 9, 2011, to April 11, 2021.