Shameless: Coming Soon to a TV Set Near You!

Showtime announced today Shameless, as has been the case each of the show's first two seasons, will premiere in January. Season 3 is slated to kick off January 13, 2013 at 9:00. For those of you wondering, yes, we did the math ... 118 Days until Season 3, Episode 1!

Emma goes from Tween to Teen!

Happy Birthday to Emma Kenney who turned 13 yesterday, officially making her a teenager! Emma reflected on her big day by looking back tweeting to her followers:

"Just realized that I grew up on #Shameless! I just turned 10 on the audition and now I'm 13! Kid to teennager! Crazy!!" 

Happy Birthday Emmy!

Emmy Rossum, aka Fiona Gallagher, turns 26 today! Live it up girl!

While Emmy celebrated her b-day on the set of Shameless today, this past weekend Emmy and some pals, including co-star Shanola Hampton, went trapezing in honor of Emmy's 26th!

Emmy's Chicago Re-Cap

Yesterday we gave you our re-cap of the week in Chicago. However, we weren't actually there. Emmy Rossum was, though. And Emmy posted a re-cap of the week that was to her Facebook page, check out the post below.

"Spent the week in Chicago shooting in and around the Gallagher street for Shameless. It’s always a mad dash from one location to another when we film in Chicago. The energy of the city and the sheer amount of material we shoot in 5 days (70 pages! No joke!) adds to the raw energy that is so palpable in our cast and on the show. During our Chicago shooting days, we eat on the go (burgers or pizza) standing on street corners or sitting on the pavement between camera set-ups and we change costumes in the bathrooms of local churches and sometimes people’s homes when they open their doors to us, all as 3 cameras are running around trying to get a shot before the sun goes down or it starts to rain. It’s the least glamorous filming situation I’ve ever been in and I love every minute of it. Labor day weekend will be a little break for us. We just wrapped episode 6 (season 3) so we are at the halfway mark of the season. Happy to have a few days off and will be ready to go back to work at 6am Tuesday. Happy Labor Day!!! 

Love Emmy."

Re-Cap: The week in Chicago

The cast and crew of Shameless wrapped their first set of shooting days in Chicago yesterday. This week was spent on shooting exteriors for episodes 1-6. They'll return to Chicago later in the fall to shoot exteriors for episodes 7-12.

We imagine it was a busy week on and around set, and equally tough to keep up with at home - fortunately, we have you covered as we take a look back at the week.

As usual, the cast gathered at Joan Cusack's Evanston home for a welcome dinner and a game of charades.  

 

Emmy and Joan also did some ... baking?!

That of course was when Emmy wasn't scavenging through Joan's closets...

Once the games were over the cast got to work in the typical South Lawndale neighborhood of the city where many of the exteriors are shot.

The cast was also spotted around the city including a latenight (sans William H. Macy) at Chicago hotspot, The Underground. The Chicago Tribune has more scoop here.

Shooting wrapped on Friday, the cast is now headed back to LA to shoot episodes 7-12, before returning to Chicago in November for a final round of filming in the Windy City.