Shameless: "TV's proudly resilient cockroach"

The Ringer

The Showtime series is "resilient as hell," says Katie Baker. "This summer, Shameless will begin shooting its 10th season, making it the longest-running series on Showtime. Such a run would be noteworthy all on its own, but it’s particularly striking in the case of Shameless, a series that delights in habitual line-stepping in a world where, lately, those lines have been shifting a lot. Viewers have become more discerning of the insulting, less likely to just smile politely and move on. Risk-averse networks won’t hesitate to shut something right down. And yet Shameless has remained its startling and unapologetically seamy self. Not only has Shameless managed not to get canceled, it has managed not to get #canceled."