2011 · Showtime · Drama, Comedy
How long does it take to watch Shameless?
Shameless takes about 120 hours to watch: 134 episodes across 11 seasons, 7,192 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 134
- Seasons
- 11
- Per episode
- 54 min
- Status
- Ended in 2021
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 9.8h | 12 eps | |
| Season 2 | 10.4h | 12 eps | |
| Season 3 | 10.8h | 12 eps | |
| Season 4 | 10.6h | 12 eps | |
| Season 5 | 10.7h | 12 eps | |
| Season 6 | 10.8h | 12 eps | |
| Season 7 | 10.9h | 12 eps | |
| Season 8 | 11.0h | 12 eps | |
| Season 9 | 12.9h | 14 eps | |
| Season 10 | 11.1h | 12 eps | |
| Season 11 | 11.0h | 12 eps |
Longest: season 9, 12.9 hours. Shortest: season 1, 9.8 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 134 nights, about 4 months
- 3 episodes a night
- 45 nights, about 6 weeks
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 8 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 4 days, 23 hours
Counts aired regular-season episodes only; specials are excluded. Runtimes come from TMDB, so totals can differ from other sources.
How it holds up
- Best-rated season
- Season 5 7.8
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 11 5.6
- The finale
- Rated 5.3 against a 7.4 series average
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2021
- Network
- Showtime
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- First aired
- 2011
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