Shameless

Meet Frank Gallagher (series star WILLIAM H. MACY): proud, working-class patriarch to a motley brood of six smart, spirited and independent kids who, without him, would be... better off. In Frank's booze-addled view, parenting just eats into his hard-earned bar-crawling and carousing time around Chicago -- so he leaves it to eldest daughter Fiona (series star EMMY ROSSUM) to hold down the fort. Bearing the de facto parent badge/burden, she's donned the proverbial apron and makes sure her younger siblings do their chores, keep a clean(ish) home and feed the kitty -- the Gallagher family fund jar -- because the gas bill is due, and everyone (no matter how small) works to keep the house lights on, as well as food on the table. Brothers Lip (series star JEREMY ALLEN WHITE), Ian (series star CAMERON MONAGHAN) and Carl (series star ETHAN CUTKOSKY) use their intellect to break every rule in the book to survive and make the bank, while younger sister Debbie (series star EMMA KENNEY) would sooner steal her share. Toddler Liam, the youngest, is just happy to be along for the ride. The Gallaghers are irreverent, endearing, resilient -- and they're absolutely, wildly and unapologetically SHAMELESS.

Season 1

Based on a long-running British TV series, Shameless revolves around the Gallagher family, a working-class clan from Chicago dealing with the recession. The mother has run off, and the alcoholic father usually ends up passed out on the living room floor, so it falls on their smart but unpredictable 18-year-old daughter, Fiona, to keep her five siblings on the straight and narrow. 

Season 2

Making ends meet is always difficult, especially with a mother who is AWOL and a father who usually ends up passed out on the living room floor. Emmy Rossum stars as oldest daughter Fiona, who is left to the often impossible task of keeping her five younger brothers and sisters on track.

Season 3 

William H. Macy stars in this racy and edgy adaptation of the long-running British family drama as Frank Gallagher, the alcoholic patriarch of a large, unconventional, blue-collar family. In the U.S. version, the sprawling Gallagher family has been transplanted to working-class Chicago during the challenging times of today's recession. Making ends meet is always difficult, especially with a mother who is AWOL and a father who usually ends up passed out on the living room floor. Emmy Rossum stars as oldest daughter Fiona, who is left to the often impossible task of keeping her five younger brothers and sisters on track.