As well, the Season 7 finale was capped off with a post-credits message for fans to return “next year.”
Sherlock Holmes wasn’t needed, but there also wasn’t any guarantee that Showtime wouldn’t decide to pull the plug on another year for one reason or another.
Shameless’ renewal probably wasn’t a surprise to everybody, as anyone checking in on the behind-the-scenes shenanigans first got clued in on the show’s future thanks to star Emmy Rossum’s recent contract dispute with the network.
She was vying for a deal equal to that of co-star William H. Macy, and when the deal went through, she tweeted out that she was going “back to work in May.”