Showtime Renews "Shameless," "House of Lies," and "Californication"
Showtime's hit show are, ahem, showing no signs of slowing down, and the network has taken notice of three series' popularity. Their Sunday night lineup of Shameless, House of Lies, and Californication welcomed record-setting premieres earlier this month, and in response, the network has renewed all three shows.
David Nevins, Showtime's entertainment chief said in a statement today, "Californication, House of Lies, and Shameless possess highly distinctive comedic voices, and given that all three continue to grow their audience season after season, the pick-up decision was easy. I am incredibly excited to see what each of these series has in store for their next seasons."
Production for all three shows will start later on this year, and as you may have been able to predict, the following seasons will debut in 2014. All three series are set in Los Angeles.
Shameless, which is produced by John Wells, is up 22 percent in its third season, and attracts an average of 5.4 million viewers per episode. House of Lies pulls in 3.2 million, and Californication, which is in its sixth season, averages 3.1 million viewers a week.
Showtime has been on the up and up in the past several years, and their most talked-about show, Homeland, has been collecting awards this year. Two new dramas will debut later this year—Liev Schreiber's Ray Donovan will run alongside Dexter in June, and Lizzy Caplan's Masters of Sex will run alongside Homeland in September.
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