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Shameless (2011)

Comedy · Drama

Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.

IMDb rating
8.5 (339,741 votes)
Episode average
8.2 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons
11
Streaming (US)
Netflix
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 11 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

8.30 avg 12 episodes 8.4 → 8.8 48 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 5,410 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 4,238 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 4,088 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 3,878 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 3,678 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 3,595 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 3,535 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 3,482 votesEp 9: 8.6 · 3,640 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 3,431 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 3,353 votesEp 12: 8.8 · 3,641 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.45,410
2Frank the Plank8.04,238
3Aunt Ginger8.34,088
4Casey Casden8.33,878
5Three Boys7.83,678
6Killer Carl7.93,595
7Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father8.23,535
8It's Time to Kill the Turtle8.43,482
9But at Last Came a Knock8.63,640
10Nana Gallagher Had an Affair8.53,431
11Daddyz Girl8.43,353
12Father Frank, Full of Grace8.83,641

Season 2 (2012)

8.25 avg 12 episodes 8.0 → 8.6 52 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 3,351 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 3,128 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 3,102 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 3,030 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 2,940 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 2,949 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 2,880 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 2,922 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 2,878 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 2,909 votesEp 11: 9.1 · 3,831 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 3,026 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Summertime8.03,351
2Summer Loving7.83,128
3I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day8.03,102
4A Beautiful Mess8.33,030
5Father's Day8.12,940
6Can I Have a Mother8.32,949
7A Bottle of Jean Nate7.92,880
8Parenthood8.42,922
9Hurricane Monica8.12,878
10A Great Cause8.42,909
11Just Like the Pilgrims Intended9.13,831
12Fiona Interrupted8.63,026

Season 3 (2013)

8.53 avg 12 episodes 8.4 → 9.1 54 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 2,974 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 2,829 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 3,009 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 2,802 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 2,874 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 2,968 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 2,761 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 2,658 votesEp 9: 8.8 · 2,868 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 2,602 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 2,724 votesEp 12: 9.1 · 3,302 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1El Gran Cañon8.42,974
2The American Dream8.32,829
3May I Trim Your Hedges?8.63,009
4The Helpful Gallaghers8.32,802
5The Sins of My Caretaker8.62,874
6Cascading Failures8.82,968
7A Long Way from Home8.52,761
8Where There's a Will8.32,658
9Frank the Plumber8.82,868
10Civil Wrongs8.22,602
11Order Room Service8.52,724
12Survival of the Fittest9.13,302

Season 4 (2014)

8.66 avg 12 episodes 8.0 → 9.3 53 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 2,829 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 2,647 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 2,658 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 2,634 votesEp 5: 8.9 · 3,052 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 2,798 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 2,831 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 2,749 votesEp 9: 8.8 · 2,881 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 2,699 votesEp 11: 9.3 · 3,833 votesEp 12: 9.3 · 5,138 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Simple Pleasures8.02,829
2My Oldest Daughter8.32,647
3Like Father, Like Daughter8.22,658
4Strangers on a Train8.32,634
5There's the Rub8.93,052
6Iron City8.82,798
7A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard, and Parasitic Twin8.82,831
8Hope Springs Paternal8.62,749
9The Legend of Bonnie and Carl8.82,881
10Liver, I Hardly Know Her8.62,699
11Emily9.33,833
12Lazarus9.35,138

Season 5 (2015)

8.62 avg 12 episodes 8.2 → 8.2 54 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 2,806 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 2,597 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 2,701 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 2,767 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 2,727 votesEp 6: 9.1 · 3,551 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 2,635 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 2,733 votesEp 9: 9.0 · 2,907 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 2,660 votesEp 11: 8.9 · 2,743 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 3,156 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Milk of the Gods8.22,806
2I'm the Liver8.22,597
3The Two Lisas8.52,701
4A Night to Remem... Wait, What?8.62,767
5Rite of Passage8.72,727
6Crazy Love9.13,551
7Tell Me You F**King Need Me8.52,635
8Uncle Carl8.82,733
9Carl's First Sentencing9.02,907
10South Side Rules8.72,660
11Drugs Actually8.92,743
12Love Songs (In the Key of Gallagher)8.23,156

Season 6 (2016)

8.32 avg 12 episodes 8.3 → 8.9 54 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 2,653 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 2,458 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 2,472 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 2,360 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 2,389 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 2,595 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 2,293 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 2,264 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 2,317 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 2,171 votesEp 11: 8.8 · 2,394 votesEp 12: 8.9 · 2,671 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1I Only Miss Her When I'm Breathing8.32,653
2#AbortionRules7.82,458
3The F Word8.32,472
4Going Once, Going Twice8.42,360
5Refugees8.22,389
6NSFW8.52,595
7Pimp's Paradise7.82,293
8Be a Good Boy. Come for Grandma8.22,264
9A Yurt of One's Own8.42,317
10Paradise Lost8.22,171
11Sleep No More8.82,394
12Familia Supra Gallegorious Omnia!8.92,671

Season 7 (2016)

8.44 avg 12 episodes 8.4 → 9.2 55 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 2,414 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 2,254 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 2,234 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 2,322 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 2,157 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 2,144 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 2,157 votesEp 8: 8.9 · 2,590 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 2,170 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 2,445 votesEp 11: 9.1 · 2,881 votesEp 12: 9.2 · 3,008 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Hiraeth8.42,414
2Swipe, Fuck, Leave8.02,254
3Home Sweet Homeless Shelter8.22,234
4I Am A Storm8.32,322
5Own Your Sh*t7.82,157
6The Defenestration of Frank8.32,144
7You'll Never Ever Get a Chicken in Your Whole Entire Life8.02,157
8You Sold Me the Laundromat, Remember?8.92,590
9Ouroboros8.42,170
10Ride or Die8.72,445
11Happily Ever After9.12,881
12Requiem for a Slut9.23,008

Season 8 (2017)

8.10 avg 12 episodes 8.2 → 8.1 55 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 2,139 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 1,875 votesEp 3: 8.9 · 2,244 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 1,850 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 1,763 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 1,773 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 1,765 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 1,777 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 1,729 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 1,762 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 1,838 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 1,821 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1We Become What We... Frank!8.22,139
2Where's My Meth?8.11,875
3God Bless Her Rotting Soul8.92,244
4F**k Paying It Forward8.31,850
5The (Mis)Education of Liam Fergus Beircheart Gallagher8.01,763
6Icarus Fell. And Rusty Ate Him.8.01,773
7Occupy Fiona7.91,765
8Frank's Northern Shuttle Express7.91,777
9The Fugees7.71,729
10Church of Gay Jesus7.71,762
11A Gallagher Pedicure8.41,838
12Sleepwalking8.11,821

Season 9 (2018)

7.97 avg 14 episodes 7.9 → 9.0 56 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 1,977 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 1,775 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 1,693 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 1,796 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 1,708 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 2,283 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 1,720 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 1,636 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 1,623 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 1,583 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 1,701 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 1,669 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 1,598 votesEp 14: 9.0 · 2,477 votes
Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Are You There Shim? It's Me, Ian.7.91,977
2Mo White!7.31,775
3Weirdo Gallagher Vortex7.41,693
4Do Right, Vote White!7.51,796
5Black-Haired Ginger8.01,708
6Face It, You're Gorgeous8.82,283
7Down Like the Titanic8.21,720
8The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Alibi7.51,636
9Boooooooooooone!7.71,623
10Los Diablos!7.71,583
11The Hobo Games8.21,701
12You'll Know the Bottom When You Hit It8.21,669
13Lost8.21,598
14Found9.02,477

Season 10 (2019)

7.42 avg 12 episodes 7.5 → 8.9 56 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 1,741 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 1,566 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 1,545 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 1,543 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 1,494 votesEp 6: 7.0 · 1,471 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 1,442 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 1,436 votesEp 9: 6.8 · 1,518 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 1,416 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 1,392 votesEp 12: 8.9 · 2,379 votes
Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1We Few, We Lucky Few, We Band of Gallaghers!7.51,741
2Sleep Well My Prince for Tomorrow You Shall Be King7.31,566
3Which America?7.31,545
4A Little Gallagher Goes a Long Way7.11,543
5Sparky7.41,494
6Adios Gringos7.01,471
7Citizen Carl7.51,442
8Debbie Might Be a Prostitute7.31,436
9O Captain, My Captain6.81,518
10Now Leaving Illinois7.41,416
11Location, Location, Location7.51,392
12"Gallavich!"8.92,379

Season 11 (2020)

7.44 avg 12 episodes 7.1 → 6.7 54 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 1,808 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 1,522 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 1,591 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 1,453 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 1,432 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 1,474 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 1,474 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 1,393 votesEp 9: 7.2 · 1,324 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 1,368 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 1,735 votesEp 12: 6.7 · 3,232 votes
Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1This Is Chicago7.11,808
2Go Home, Gentrifier!7.31,522
3Frances Francis Franny Frank7.71,591
4NIMBY7.31,453
5Slaughter7.21,432
6Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good... Eh, Screw It7.71,474
7Two at a Biker Bar, One in the Lake7.71,474
8Cancelled7.71,393
9Survivors7.21,324
10DNR7.31,368
11The Fickle Lady Is Calling It Quits8.41,735
12Father Frank, Full of Grace6.73,232
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