The eighth season of Shameless will receive its UK premiere on Netflix UK on Sunday September 1st, it has been announced. Season eight finds the Gallaghers on an upswing – Frank comes out of a drug-induced haze and decides it’s finally time to be a contributing member of society, while Fiona faces hard decisions when she discovers her success as a landlord may mean someone else’s misfortune. 
Mickey Malkovich is making a comeback. Noel Fisher, who exited Shameless as a regular after the fifth season, has signed on to return to the Showtime series for its upcoming tenth season. Technically, More4 still holds UK rights to Shameless but have not put the series on the schedule since season five in 2016. Netflix UK continues to release new seasons every autumn, but due to contractual restrictions are a couple of seasons behind. The streaming service has thus far made the first seven seasons available, with season eight set to follow later this year. 
Last week, news broke that the sixth season of Showtime's adaptation of Shameless - which originally aired state-side in early 2016 - would be launching on this side of the pond on Netflix UK on Friday September 1st. That inevitably led some to question whether or not More4 had lost the rights to the show. The sixth season of Showtime's drama series Shameless will receive its UK premiere on Netflix UK on Friday September 1st, when all twelve episodes will be available to stream. Showtime's critically acclaimed drama series Shameless is one of the premium cable network's few returning series which has yet to be renewed (or cancelled) and it appears a on-going pay-dispute may be the cause. 
Showtime has set premiere dates for their new fall line up, which now consists of Shameless, Masters Of Sex and The Affair. The three series are getting staggered launches between September and November. 
Shameless is promoting one of its key recurring players. The Showtime drama has upped Isidora Goreshter to series regular status for the upcoming seventh season, which is now set to premiere this Fall after it was announced that Shameless would be swapping slots with Homeland. Showtime has released a new trailer for the upcoming sixth season of their critically acclaimed drama series Shameless, which is set to premiere on Sunday January 10th at 9/8c.