Showtime Renews Trio of Hit Shows

LOS ANGELES: Showtime is bringing back Shameless, House of Lies and Californication for new seasons in 2014.

Shameless is up 22 percent in its third season, currently averaging 5.4 million weekly viewers across platforms. The second season of House of Lies is averaging 3.2 million weekly viewers across platforms, up 10 percent from its freshman run. The sixth season of Californication is up 21 percent versus season five, with an average of 3.1 million weekly viewers.

"Californication, House of Lies and Shameless possess highly distinctive comedic voices, and given that all three continue to grow their audience season after season—the pick-up decision was easy," said David Nevins, the president of entertainment at Showtime Networks. "I am incredibly excited to see what each of these series has in store for their next seasons."