# Anybody watch the premiere of SHAMELESS on Showtime? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watch-the-premiere-of-shameless-on-showtime/567143 "2011-01-10T21:47:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watch-the-premiere-of-shameless-on-showtime/567143/1 "2011-01-10T21:47:40Z")
And if so, what’d you think? I haven’t seen any of the British series. For this one, I’ll open by saying 1- Nice use of gratuitous male nudity 2- It’s going to take some hellaciously good writing to make Johnny Gallagher (William H. Macy) at all sympathetic ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watch-the-premiere-of-shameless-on-showtime/567143/2 "2011-01-10T22:01:16Z")
Correction to OP- _Frank_ Gallagher (William H. Macy’s alcoholic patriarch) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watch-the-premiere-of-shameless-on-showtime/567143/3 "2011-01-10T22:06:51Z")
[Previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=592497). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watch-the-premiere-of-shameless-on-showtime/567143/4 "2011-01-10T22:10:00Z")
Thanks. (No idea how I missed that.)