The name  Elmo (Bill) s â¦ erves as a nickname whereas the name  Guglielmo (William) may function as a given or middle  name. The pronunciations will be EL-mo and goo-LYEL-mo in  Italian. .
Shameless will begin production on Season 8 in May 2017 for a fall premiere. The season will have 12 episodes. The renewal comes a day after Shameless aired its Season 7 finale, which had a post-credits scene imploring viewers to come back next year..
The first episode of the series, Pilot, was watched by 982,000 viewers, making it the network's biggest turnout for a series premiere since Dead Like Me in 2003. The episode airing January 30, Casey Casden, received 1.45 million total viewers, making Shameless the best performing first-year drama on Showtime.roduction on the first episode began on July 3, 2014 with the first episode table read, with initial shooting for the season beginning on July 8, 2014. The series was renewed for a sixth season on January 12, 2015.