Question: Was this comedy initially an American born drama, If no, where is it based?

Context articles: Annette Conlon
Shameless (U.S. TV series)
April Samuels
George Arthur Bloom
American Born
Ian Gallagher
Ben de Lisi
Ah2 Music
Chelsea Brown
Paulie Rhyme

Annette Conlon (born June 19), is an American born songwriter, acoustic guitar player, vegan, and founder of the Compassionette Tour: a music tour, uniting music, fashion, food, and compassionate living.
 She is based out of Culver City, CA, and is best known for her Country/Americana music release ""Life, Death, and the Spaces Between"","" which was named Named #3 by Paul Riley in “Critic’s Choice Top Ten Best Albums of 2015” in Country Music People's Jan, 2016 issue.
 She is also known for co-writing songs with husband Doug Conlon for Dallas alternative rock band Eden Automatic.
Shameless is an American comedy-drama television series which airs on Showtime.
 It is the remake of the British series of the same name.
 Set in Chicago, the series is filmed in Los Angeles, with the exterior scenes shot in Chicago.
April Samuels (born April 30), is an American born rock drummer, breast cancer survivor, and founder of Breast Cancer Can Stick It!
 Foundation, Inc. - a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
 She is based out of Dallas, Texas.
 She is best known for her nonprofit and for playing drums as Crash Gordon in the 80's hair metal cover band, Metal Shop Dallas.
 She is also known for co-writing songs for Discovery Channel's "Outward Bound" with her bandmates in Frognot.
George Arthur Bloom (born 1945) is an American born Canadian screenwriter and producer known for his work on Nelvana television titles such as "The Magic School Bus" and "Cyberchase".
 He also wrote the pilots for "The Transformers" and "My Little Pony", as well as a number of installments of the "My Little Pony" series such as "My Little Pony 'n Friends" and "My Little Pony Tales".
 In 1980, he was a scriptwriter for Disney's "The Last Flight of Noah's Ark" and has written several scripts, produced and story edited for various television shows and films for children and adults alike such as "Welcome Back, Kotter", "Working Stiffs", "Sanford Arms", the American version of the British sitcom "Love Thy Neighbor", "Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars", "Street Sharks", most of the "Tugs" segments for "Salty's Lighthouse", "Stockard Channing in Just Friends", "The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour", "", "A Knife for the Ladies", several sketches of "Cher", "CBS Library", "Starsky and Hutch", "Chico and the Man", "Alice", "Jem and the Holograms", "Conan the Adventurer", "Romance Theatre", "Throb", "All in the Family", "The New Dick Van Dyke Show", three of the "Shades of Love" films, "Solid Gold", "The Dean Martin Show", "Carter Country", "The Incredible Hulk", "Nature Cat", "The Julie Andrews Hour", "The Charmkins", "Too Close for Comfort", "Party Games for Adults Only", "Love, Sidney", "The Powder Room", "Nine to Five", "Potato Head Kids" and "The Glo Friends".
 Bloom wrote two of GoodTimes Home Video's 1994 animated films "" and "Cinderella" and as well as "Alice in Wonderland" in 1995.
American Born is a 1913 American drama silent short film starring Sydney Ayres, Harry Van Meter, Charles Cummings, Jacques Jaccard, Louise Lester, Charles Morrison, Jack Richardson and Vivian Rich.
Ian Clayton Gallagher is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 comedy drama, "Shameless", and its American remake on Showtime.
Ben de Lisi (born 31 May 1955) is an American born fashion designer based in London.
 He is best known for his collections with high street store Debenhams, and as a mentor and judge on the television series "Project Catwalk".
Ah2 is based in Los Angeles, California.
 Ah2 was founded in 2003 by American born composers Jeff Lippencott and Mark T. Williams to provide music themes and underscores for television and film.
Chelsea Brown (December 6, 1942 – March 27, 2017) was an American born actress of television and film, comedienne and dancer, who appeared as a regular performer in comedy series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In".
 She had a successful career in her native land before emigrating to Australia, where she became well-known mostly for her roles in soap opera/serials including top-rating "Number 96" and as Abby Rossiter Patchett on "E Street".
Paul Richardson, better known by his name Paulie Rhyme , is an American born, Japan based musician from Cleveland, Ohio.
 He is the founder of Browntown Wreckords.