Showtime Orders Up Some "Shameless" Starring Emmy Rossum & William H. Macy Showtime has ordered 12-episodes of the John Wells drama pilot starring Emmy Rossum and William H. Macy. The is based on the long-running British series "Shameless," from Warner Bros. TV and John Wells Prods., revolves around the Gallaghers, a working-class Chicago clan dealing with the recession. The mother is AWOL, and the alcoholic patriarch (Macy) usually ends up passed out on the living-room floor, so their smart but unpredictable 18-year-old daughter, Fiona (Rossum), is tasked with keeping her five younger brothers and sisters on the straight and narrow. Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR