Season 8 of Shameless first broadcast on Channel 4 (UK) on 10th January 2011. The first five episodes were stripped across the week and subsequent episodes have broadcast at 10pm on a Tuesday. The thirteen episodes broadcast to date have achieved an incredible average of 3.1 million and a 16% share. With the weekday average on Channel 4 (UK) standing at 1.6 million and 8.8% share, Shameless season 8 has easily beaten the benchmark across all demographics.