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..
To date, 4 series (33 episodes in total) of Shameless have been broadcast on Channel 4, together with a Christmas special which preceded the series 2 and a New Year special which preceded series 3. 16 Episodes have been commissioned by Channel 4 for future broadcast.