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..
Shameless premiered on January 9, 2011 in the United States, becoming Showtime's highest-rated series debut on record across the network's target demographic. The first episode of the series generated 982,000 unique viewers, and was Showtime's biggest turnout for a series premiere since Dead Like Me in 2003. The fourth episode airing January 30, Casey Casden, posted 1.45 million total viewers, making Shameless the cable channel's best-performing first-year drama ever.