'Entourage' renewed for sixth season

HBO announced today that it has granted a sixth season to its comedy series Entourage, which stars Jeremy Piven (pictured), who just received his third consecutive supporting actor Emmy for his role in the series, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, and Jerry Ferrara. At the conclusion of its fifth season, currently airing Sunday nights on HBO, Entourage will have debuted 66 episodes. The sixth season will start production in early 2009 and debut over the summer.

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