Showtime made use of Dexter season 5 finale on Sunday, December 12 to promote its new comedy, Shameless. The cable generously gave the first 20 minutes of the adaptation of British TV show with the same title.
The pilot is none other than the introduction to the characters, mainly the people who live under the same crooked roof and call themselves the Gallaghers. William H. Macy plays a far-from-stellar working-class patriarch of an unconventional Chicago brood of six while Emmy Rossum is the eldest daughter keeping things together.
Rossum’s younger siblings are played by Jeremy Allen White, Cameron Monaghan, Emma Kenney, Ethan Cutkosky and twins Blake Alexander and Brennan Kane Johnson who play baby Liam. There are four other major characters played by Joan Cusack, Justin Chatwin, Shanola Hampton and Steve Howey.
The comedy begins airing January 9 at 10/9c. The following sneak peek may be unsuitable for those below 17.

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Did you know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month? Selena Gomez, Emmy Rossum, Katharine McPhee and Emmanuelle Chriqui do and have been supporting the fight against the disease through their jewelry. Loft has teamed up with three well-known designers — Anna Sheffield, Kara Ross, and Robin Renzi (of Me&Ro) — to create a limited-edition jewelry collection to offer supporters a chic alternative to the traditional pink pin. Loft will donate five dollars from each item sold directly to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Want to support? Log onto AnnTaylorLoft.com. Another way to support Breast Cancer Awareness? Beauty For Real will donate 10% of proceeds from their Light Heart Illuminating Lip Gloss to Jackson Memorial Foundation’s Jackson Cancer Care for the Taylor Breast Health Center at Jackson.

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Showtime will ring in the New Year in a most spectacular way with an exciting triple-header premiere night – Sunday, January 9, 2011 — of provocative, can’t-miss programming, including new drama series Shameless (10p) with William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum.
Shameless, a new drama series from John Wells (“ER,” “The West Wing,” “Southland”) and Paul Abbott (“State of Play,” “Touching Evil”) is based on the long-running hit UK series and stars Emmy® Award winner and Oscar® nominee William H. Macy (Fargo, Pleasantville, The Cooler) and Emmy Rossum (The Phantom of the Opera, Mystic River). Macy plays a far-from-stellar working class patriarch of an unconventional Chicago brood of six motley kids (headed by eldest sibling Rossum) who keep the home afloat while he’s out drinking and carousing. SHAMELESS is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with John Wells Productions and Warner Bros. Television. Wells and Abbott are executive producers; Andrew Stearn (“The West Wing,” “Southland”) is co-executive producer.

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