Showtime Sets Premiere Dates for Californication, Episodes, Shameless

Showtime has scheduled the debut of two new series and the return of Californication for early next year.

Shameless, the John Wells-produced drama, will bow Sunday, Jan. 9 at 10/9c. Starring William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum, Shameless centers on an unconventional Chicago family with an alcoholic father.

Matt LeBlanc returns to television in Episodes, premiering Monday, Jan. 10 at 10:30/9:30c. LeBlanc plays himself in the series about a British couple whose show is being turned into an Americanized sitcom.