Saturday, January 15, 2011
John Wells: How Showtime's 'Shameless' Almost Didn't Happen - Live Feed
Hollywood Repoorter: "For Wells, the adaptation of the BBC series about a working-class family whose kids wind up parenting their drunk father, the bulk of getting Shameless to the small screen on Showtime started with a two-year process securing rights from the BBC series' Channel Four and Company Pictures that creator Paul Abbott — an exec producer on the remake — didn’t own.
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It is interesting that three major broadcasting companies found the story worth picking up then backed out. During the time it spent in transition I think there were major developments in television such that there was less focus on families and more on (teenage) drama. Now a number of shows about families have been popping up and doing quite well, television is becoming more accessible to a greater range of people, and shows show lessons, not just showy sexuality.
After watching the pilot, I can't say I'm too surprised that the show took this long to get on the air. The issue really has nothing to do with the shift in focus towards family, but the shift in focus towards a family struggling to get by. It can be difficult to watch the show knowing that many families are going through the same economic struggles. The father can't function in society, leaving the oldest daughter to raise the family on her own, which is difficult subject matter to tackle. I think the show was pulled off wonderfully, and I look forward to continuing watching. Unfortunately, I do think the show will be remembered more for the huge amount of sex and nudity, but there is definitely heart beneath it, as Wells points out.
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