{"id":15257962,"date":"2026-08-17T02:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/why-emmy-rossum-thinks-shameless-would-be-even-more-popular-now-exclusive\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T06:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T10:33:35","slug":"why-emmy-rossum-thinks-shameless-would-be-even-more-popular-now-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/why-emmy-rossum-thinks-shameless-would-be-even-more-popular-now-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Emmy Rossum Thinks \u2018Shameless\u2019 Would Be Even More Popular Now (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emmy Rossum reunited with her \u201cShameless\u201d co-star William H. Macy and show creator John Wells for a TV Academy\u2019s 2026 Televerse Festival panel about the beloved show.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 15 years since the show\u2019s premiere but it still resonates today with audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Rossum shared, \u201cI think that \u2018Shameless\u2019 is so special and continues to be this, you know, surprise hit on streaming because it\u2019s reflecting an America that is often forgotten on TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show centers on the Gallagher family, who are struggling with poverty in Chicago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Emmy reflected, &#8220;These characters aren\u2019t rich people with white wine problems. They\u2019re really struggling to make ends meet. They\u2019re feeling unsupported by their government and by their community. Gentrification is pushing in and this family is dysfunctional and hardworking and you love them. You laugh, you cry, and at times they infuriate you, and it reminds you of your own family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Emmy added, &#8220;I think that if the show were to be on now, it might be even more popular, because I think those issues have only become more and more relevant in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her time on the show, Emmy made headlines with her fight for pay equity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She said, &#8220;You never expect a private business negotiation to become public, and I think as women, there&#8217;s always a little bit of discomfort of knowing that fighting for what&#8217;s right could be misconstrued a capital-A ambition, which has a bad rep in our country for women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cI think it is important to ask for your worth and I am proud that we got it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emmy is now starring on \u201cFurious,\u201d the number one show on Hulu with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rossum reacted to the success, sharing, The show is my baby, and it\u2019s such a testament to Liz [Meriwether]\u2019s writing and the incredible performances from the rest of the cast. I\u2019m so glad that it feels like a wildfire is starting for that show. I\u2019ve been working on it for a couple of years, so I&#8217;m very, very proud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/extratv.com\/2026\/08\/16\/emmy-rossum-thinks-shameless-would-be-even-more-popular-today-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Entertainment Movies \u2013 Extra TV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmy Rossum reunited with her \u201cShameless\u201d co-star William H. Macy and show creator John Wells for a TV Academy\u2019s 2026 Televerse Festival panel about the beloved show.<br \/>\n        It\u2019s been 15 years since the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15257964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[196],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15257962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movies"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md.jpg",825,1238,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-300x450.jpg",300,450,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-620x930.jpg",620,930,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-768x1152.jpg",768,1152,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md.jpg",825,1238,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md.jpg",825,1238,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md.jpg",825,1238,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-825x665.jpg",825,665,true],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-670x446.jpg",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-825x894.jpg",825,894,true],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-510x510.jpg",510,510,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-160x160.jpg",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15257962-e0e7a96faa46445b94b6b318226becdb_md-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/articles\/entertainment\/movies\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Movies<\/a>","tag_info":"Movies","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15257962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15257962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15257962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15257963,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15257962\/revisions\/15257963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15257964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15257962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15257962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15257962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}