Entourage
Entourage
TV Flash files “Entourage” as a desk essential hour — Entourage (2004–2011) on HBO, season 1, episode 1, aired 2004-07-18, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 96 in the Entourage guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2004-07-18 (30 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “The Review” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Entourage”. Entourage names the premise on the door: young movie star, hometown friends, Doug Ellin's HBO as industry candy with just enough sting.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Vincent Chase is a young, hot, up-and-coming actor living in Hollywood. Tonight, he must attend the opening of his latest movie "Head On," but first he and his three best friends from back home (Queens, NY) have lunch and discuss their upcoming 10-year high school reunion. Vince is reluctant to go but his buddies urge him to go with them. At the post-premiere party, Vince's agent, Ari, hassles Eric about getting Vince to read the script for a possible new project. Over breakfast, Vince says he's not going to do "Matterhorn" on Eric's advice. The foursome goes to meet with the director where Vince impresses him so much that Ari calls later to tell him that they've offered $4 million for the part. While Turtle and Drama celebrate, Vince lets him know that Eric is not too enthused about the script. Later, Ari and Eric share a rather confrontational dinner while discussing the future of their star's career. After Vince decides to take Eric's advice not to do the movie, the boys leave for their reunion. Before they can drive off, though, they get a call with some bad news: Colin Farrell has taken the part.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Entourage sit in the Entourage guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 96 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Entourage S01E01 air?
Entourage aired 2004-07-18 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is Entourage only worth it for Ari Gold?
Piven's agent is the nuclear comic engine and an Emmy magnet, but the hometown pack around Vincent Chase is the premise: loyalty under access.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Young movie star Vincent Chase and his hometown friends navigate Hollywood power and parties. Doug Ellin's HBO comedy made Jeremy Piven's Ari Gold a nuclear comic engine — headset rage as art. Industry candy with just enough sting about friendship under fame; a 2015 movie coda.
July 18, 2004, HBO drops a sun-bleached access comedy into the Sunday ecosystem like a tile that already knows it will be clipped: young movie star Vincent Chase and his hometown friends navigating Hollywood power, parties, and loyalty. Doug Ellin's series ran eight seasons through 2011, then a 2015 feature coda. Loosely inspired by Mark Wahlberg's early career circle. Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon's Drama, Jerry Ferrara's Turtle, Debi Mazar, and Jeremy Piven's Ari Gold — headset rage as art.…
Filed against
- Kevin Connolly as Eric Murphy
Kevin Connolly's Eric Murphy was Entourage's hometown manager-friend — Vincent Chase navigating Hollywood power and parties, Doug Ellin's HBO industry candy, headset-adjacent loyalty with just enough sting. TV Flash marks him as 2000s…
- Adrian Grenier as Vincent Chase
Adrian Grenier’s Vincent Chase led Entourage’s hometown-friends-in-Hollywood candy — parties, power, Doug Ellin’s HBO comedy, Jeremy Piven’s Ari Gold as nuclear headset rage. Industry sting about friendship under fame, a 2015 movie coda.…
- Kevin Dillon as Johnny 'Drama' Chase
Kevin Dillon's Johnny 'Drama' Chase made Entourage a brother act with a wounded ego — Hollywood parties as a workplace, HBO industry candy, a supporting hustle that treated almost-fame as a full-time job. TV Flash files him as 2000s comic…
- Jerry Ferrara as Turtle
Jerry Ferrara’s Turtle drove Entourage like hometown ballast under Hollywood parties — Vincent Chase and his friends navigating power, Doug Ellin’s HBO comedy, Jeremy Piven’s Ari Gold as nuclear comic engine. Industry candy with a sting…
- Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold
Jeremy Piven’s Jerry needled The Larry Sanders Show from inside the talk-show machine — 1990s catalog HBO cringe, then Entourage turning the hunger into Ari Gold’s Hollywood bark. TV Flash files him as the writer-adjacent pest who became…
- Debi Mazar as Shauna Roberts
Debi Mazar’s Shauna Roberts handled Entourage as Hollywood’s publicist weather — Vincent Chase and the hometown friends, Doug Ellin’s HBO comedy, Jeremy Piven’s Ari Gold as nuclear comic engine. Industry candy with a sting about…