Shameless Season 5 Premiere Hits Showtime on Jan. 11; William H. Macy Leads The Gallaghers Through Urban Renewal

Shameless Season 5: Showtime is celebrating New Years on Jan. 11. A trio of Emmy Nominated actor, William H. Macy, Don Cheadle and Matt LeBlanc will ring in the New Year as Shameless, House of Lies and Episodes return to Showtime.

Showtime is getting ready for one big Sunday night as it lines up three Emmy nominees to ring in the new year.  William H. Macy, Don Cheadle and Matt LeBlanc each head premiere on Sunday, January 11.

Shameless, starring William H. Macy, makes its season 5 premiere at 9 p.m. Shameless also stars Golden Globe nominee Emmy Rossum as Fiona, Frank's daughter, as well as Ethan Cutkosky, Emily Bergl, Shanola Hampton, Steve Howey, Emma Kenney, Cameron Monaghan, Jeremy Allen White and Noel Fisher. Shameless pulled in three comedy Emmy nominations.

The official synopsis for Shameless season five says we see  the "Gallaghers dealing with both the upside and downside of personal and urban renewal.  As their neighborhood begins a move towards gentrifying, the Gallagher clan begins to reconcile their chaotic past in the hopes of building a better future."

House of Lies, starring Don Cheadle, follows it up at 10:30 p.m. House of Lies stars Oscar nominated actor Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan. Showtime reminds us we last saw "Marty alone in the desert after a cataclysmic double-cross by Jeannie (Kristen Bell) and a visit by the Feds. This season, Marty's brief stint in white collar prison left Jeannie to pick up the pieces of the now tainted Kaan & Associates with Clyde (Ben Schwartz) and Doug (Josh Lawson). Client flight decimated the bottom line, but Marty is a singular focus: winning, at any and all cost."

Larenz Tate from the film Rush is back as Marty's brother Malcolm. This season also brings on new guest stars Demetri Martin, from "The Daily Show with John Stewart," and Valorie Curry from "The Following."

House of Lies is based on the hit tell-all book House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Tell You the Time by Martin Kihn.

Kristen Bell from Frozen and Veronica Mars, plays Marty's partner. House of Lies also stars Emmy winner Ben Schwartz (This is Where I Leave You); Josh Lawson (Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues); Emmy winner Glynn Turman (In Treatment); and Donis Leonard Jr. (Criminal Minds).

The fourth season opener of Episodes, which stars Friends actor Matt LeBlanc, rounds out the night at 10:30 p.m. Matt returns in his Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning role "as a fictionalized version of himself. This season, Matt faces a financial crisis and is forced to make some tough decisions. Matt being Matt, he will likely make the wrong ones."

The season opener will guest star Dermot Mulroney,  Steve Kazee and Sasha Alexander.  Joan Cusack is the special guest star.