Question. Context: The fifth season of Shameless, an American comedy-drama television series based on the award-winning British series of the same name by Paul Abbott, premiered on January 11, 2015 on the Showtime television network. Executive producers are John Wells, Paul Abbott and Andrew Stearn, and producer Michael Hissrich. Like all previous seasons, the season consisted of 12 episodes.

Question: when did season 5 of shameless come out?
Answer. January 11 , 2015
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Reasoning: The relevant information to answer the above question is: The fifth season of Shameless, an American comedy-drama television series based on the award-winning British series of the same name by Paul Abbott, premiered on January 11, 2015 on the Showtime television network.