Shameless ratings slip with Season 9 premiere while Jim Carrey's Kidding has an okay debut

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About 1.31 million watched the premiere of Emmy Rossum's final season of Shameless. That's down from the 1.86 million who watched the Season 8 premiere, but up from the 1.24 million who tuned in for the Season 7 opener. Carrey's Kidding, meanwhile, attracted 443,000 viewers with its premiere after Shameless. Last year, SMILF debuted in the post-Shameless slot with 768,000 viewers.