The Strange Disappearance Of Entourage

At the height of it's popularity, Entourage was a dramatic, hilarious, voyeuristic peak behind the curtain into the lifestyle of Hollywood's rich and famous. But even after Entourage came to a close on HBO, every story line was reopened in order to bring audiences the Entourage Movie. Though today's media landscape and overhaul of the Hollywood system as we knew it has made fans of Entourage start to reevaluate what the show really had to offer.
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[@mrdankhimself]

I love Entourage up to the end of season six after which it becomes a total parody of itself. It’s such an interesting little time capsule in terms of pop culture, technology, fashion, and humor. It also predicted the next 10+ years of cinema in a weird way.

[@travistotle]

That's right where it lost me too. The decision to give Vince a drug problem in season 7 felt so strange and not authentic to the character. You could literally feel the writers running out of ideas and just forcing stuff where it didn't fit. And it becomes even more bizarre in when they walk it all back in the following season where he's like "Y'know what? I'm not an addict after all!" and it just gets worse from there.

[@johnathanrmarsh]

As difficult as it was to watch, I sort of enjoyed seeing Vince become the villain in his own story during season 7. It made it feel a bit more realistic. It was really weird how the next season they really didn't address it as much, though.

[@chloemchll3774]

i agree almost completely. When Vince hooked up w Sasha Grey and became a cokehead I was done with it pretty quickly. It felt totally out of character and it broke the “boys above everything” charm the four main cast had with each other to place the others in (justified) opposition to Vince.

[@LukeandLucas]

Agreed that season 7 was not good. A time capsule is a great way to describe it and being 20 when the show first aired, I loved it then and love it to this day.

[@michaelgrey9544]

Definitely a tech time capsule

[@donavanweaver4503]

Jeremy Piven and Kevin Dillion gave two of the best performances in tv history in this show. Will always be one of my all-time favorites

[@jasonbryant1552]

Did love Ari, and Jonny Drama was a riot

[@trucomment]

VICTORYYY

[@adventuresinmoodcitypod2000]

Totally realized & over the top characters that Ari & Drama embodied to a T. Classic.

[@xTymezz]

Best characters

[@halilreissedyeci1956]

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[@jasonwilkerson7049]

Trying to judge this show through today's lens just doesn't make sense. This show perfectly depicts the excess and unfiltered humor of its time. Anyone older than 30 can still watch this show, reminisce, and appreciate it for what it is without getting too worked up about things they feel are inappropriate based on today's standards.

[@insouciantforce7640]

Perfectly put, people are too harsh on this show nowadays

[@bonjovirocks24]

“Today’s standards” meaning the woke media propaganda bull that is ruining society.

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

I thought it sucked at the time.

[@supersand242]

It was also a time where celebrities were loved and revered which is not the case today

[@halilreissedyeci1956]

cadillac ciel👑as a statue symbol

[@ang3l1018]

Entourage is the equivalent of Sex and The City but for men. The show was good because it felt real. The interactions between the cast their personality it was a show that a lot of men could relate. It's sad that nowadays men can't find those type of shows anymore because it's what it lacks. Even tho time has passed I still watch it because it feels like a time capsule to an era that is long gone.

[@TomboBrewster]

I think you just gave the perfect comparison (Sex in the City for men) for why I couldn't stand the show.

[@sarasaritta1328]

Omg i totally agree and u managed to put it perfectly. It’s funny because I just binged SATC right before binging Entourage (It was a coincidence and I didn’t do it to compare them 😅)

[@halilreissedyeci1956]

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[@tkypke]

@@TomboBrewstergo away. Show was awesome

[@seanguzy9601]

Sad, MEN cant find FRIENDS LIKE THIS, cant find jobs like this, cant find any loyal gfs like this lol I mean its like a DREAM for billions of men in the world. WAtching these friends go through so much stress and hard times, yet " friends " were friends in this movie lol but in real life lol we all pray we can find a Vince or a Drama, or Eric, lol shoot I would pray for a friend like Turtle.

[@sirhuss1591]

I'm 23 and watched this show during COVID and I love it . Jeremey Piven is insanely good, so is Kevin Dillon. I wish they had sick TV shows like this nowdays.

[@Peanutdenver]

Fr...I did the same around 2 years ago and loved it. It was more like how the boys really talk IRL. People today would try and cancel it and scream it's toxic and chauvinistic. I loved it and it's probably accurate on how Hollywood really functions...most likely even darker than anything portrayed on the show.

[@Shabla7]

Now imagine how good it was at the time of release. It was fresh and totally relevant.

[@patrickdukart3298]

Love this show then and still do now. It is definitely a "time capsule" and wasn't afraid to appeal to it's core audience.

[@Pleasers]

it's an amazing show, nothing quite like it. not sure what the point of this video is, the show ended so obviously it disappeared. thats...how shows go

[@halilreissedyeci1956]

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[@MrGamerz20]

During the pandemic I watched the entire series and it’s in my top 5 tv shows/series of all time. It’s fine to leave something in the past, I hope others who find the show enjoy it and appreciate it for what it is, even if some of the jokes don’t land today. The vibe of the core 4 with Piven is immaculate. Would welcome a reboot if it happens but would understand if it doesn’t.

[@kyleconnor2759]

You’d welcome a reboot? 😂🤦‍♂️ So you would be pumped for a super woke entourage featuring a gay lead banging half of the men in Hollywood while his girl friends watch and gossip along with his trans side kick and their strong independent female agent (who is also a lesbian) fights for equality for her client and also fights to take down the evil white men in Hollywood? (While the little hat ‘white men’ are never targeted of course). Sounds AWESOME

[@fruehlingsobst8123]

This comment reads like a PR statement disguised as review on RottenTomatoes...

[@halilreissedyeci1956]

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[@BeautifulMadeline]

I remember sitting in a room with friends in 2008 during the financial crisis with this on the TV, and it felt so out of place. That version of hollywood is gone I think.

[@AYVYN]

That’s what really killed the show. Maybe you should have made the video.

[@_The_Archive_]

Fun Fact: Whenever a boxing match is shown on TV, it is the exact same fight. Jerry Ferrara has commented, "I have that fight memorized."

[@genius179]

Yeah isn't like a Lennox Lewis fight?

[@af9493]

The timing of this video is eerie. Just did a watch through of the show a few weeks ago. There was something about the innocence of the early 2000s that this show just captured. It captures the zeitgeist of its time. A show like this would never be made today. Beyond the nostalgia involved in a rewatch, there’s also the desire to go back to a time when things were a little simpler. There are definitely parts of this show that are questionable today especially with its misogyny. That said, rewatching it was such a welcome escape from the more serious television shows being produced today.

[@Thisath100]

Very, very eloquent comment! This is exactly how I feel-I watched this for the first time after Succession ended because they both share the same incredible director. I was so, so shocked to watch this show that captures a certain time period that I often feel a strong sense of nostalgia for so perfectly was so removed from contemporary psyche that I'd never heard of it before. This video makes perfect sense, and to an extent, I'm glad the show is somewhat locked away in time unless you go looking for it. It's definitely a treasure, despite its flaws looking back with modern lenses.

[@CC3GROUNDZERO]

I only recently watched Succession, another HBO show, which has been lauded far and wide for its narration, production, acting and just about everything else. Honestly, to me it felt mostly like a weird and sad update to Entourage. Not because Succession is a bad show, it's isn't, but because the side-by-side comparison with shows like Entourage perfectly captures the zeitgeist shift over the last ~20 years. And it's not a beautiful shift, it's quite horrific.

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

​@@CC3GROUNDZEROthe difference is entourage celebrates excessive wealth, hedonism, shallowness....and succession is critiquing it. We are meant to dislike the characters on succession

[@CC3GROUNDZERO]

@@michaelcorcoran8768 Not sure I agree that it's even possible to critique wealth and power. In the end, there's always a big part of the audience who unironically aspires to be like those people. Gordon Gekko was meant to be a villain, but econ students around the world are unironically quoting him to this day. So what the showrunners intended to be the case for either Entourage or Succession is rather unimportant. Functionally, these shows can't but amp up wealth. A yacht is a yacht is a yacht.

[@LarryBonson]

​@@michaelcorcoran8768 Funny all the things you mentioned I didn't have a problem with it because I enjoyed watching their friendship and loyalty to one another. And Ari Gold is was just hilarious.

[@ferrm1992]

Just finished rewatching the show two weeks ago. Despite some things not aging that well, it’s great. I was disappointed in the movie for pretty much throwing away a lot of the things that wrapped the show with the characters finding their arc, it was a bunch of “remember this? Here it is again”

[@georgeseinfeld4150]

Man me and my buds would watch every episode while in high-school at the time. Just great memories with this show

[@BLUEPELICAN234]

Same, my friends and I would all binge it back in the day. So many memories to this show

[@jerry2968]

I love the show and one thing it shows is how uptight people have gotten in the years since it aired.

[@itsmeprasad1987]

Bingo

[@courtneyharley9377]

So Jerry Ferrara was an important recurring role on Power. Power is a very popular show and the highest rated on the Starz network. He also had a principal role in Steve Harvey's movie Think Like A Man. So he definitely did have roles after Entourage.

[@mrdankhimself]

Kevin Dillon is still out there making movies too. Small, low-budget affairs mostly but he’s getting work. Even made a geezer-teaser with Mel Gibson in 2021 I think.

[@Nghilifa]

@@mrdankhimself Emmanuelle Chriqui stars in Superman & Lois as well.

[@kindofabigdeal7284]

@@mrdankhimselfhe was also in Poseidon. But I think that came out before the show was over

[@robbieh.1384]

@@mrdankhimselfRed Letter Media? 😅

[@BrisLS1]

Uh, like the guy said, no roles after Entourage. Never heard of any of that. The show was basically a male version of 'Clueless', and targeted an extremely narrow demographic. Even my 30-ish want-to-be-rich type of friends were not guaranteed to like it. I enjoyed it, but surprised it ran as long as it did, and not surprised it didn't age well. If you think of other things since, GOT, Succession, Billions, the networks have left that brain-dead writing to be erased from history.

[@WallyZamwa]

I love Entourage. Probably my favourite show of all time. Though I do agree it hasn't aged well at all. As an early 80's baby, the show makes me nostalgic as it's almost a time documentation of the whole post-9/11-pre-socialmedia-era The movie sucked ass. I consider it to be a longer episode and whenever I re-watch the entire show (which I do about every three-four years), I watch the movie too as a continuation of the show.

[@73clementines]

I tried to make myself like the movie, just because I liked the show so much. But I eventually had to finally admit the movie was awful on every level. You’d think it was done by a totally different production team, but it wasn’t. Such a money grab & disappointment. I sincerely hope they don’t bring it back as I’ve recently heard. I can’t imagine it would be any good.

[@AmazingJayB51]

@@73clementinesI wanted to see the movie so bad when it was announced but with no one saying much about it I never watched it. I’m still intrigued but you can never find it anywhere

[@73clementines]

@@AmazingJayB51 honestly, man, it’s not worth it. You didn’t miss anything. I tried to pretend I liked it initially, but I finally had to admit it was trash. Which is odd because it was the same people behind it as the tv show.

[@LethalWalou]

That was some of the best times, the time of technology and internet, but before social media.

[@73clementines]

@@LethalWalou man…I had a flip phone that had internet access, and it wasn’t terrible; I could read any current events, any type of news, pop culture, etc. But like you said, NO social media! It was the last of the normal times, and I don’t think people realize how much society has changed since then. People didn’t walk around with their heads down, we still knew how to communicate…makes me sad just thinking of it.

[@JayFingers]

Entourage remains one of my favorite shows. This video is right in that it now seems a but dated - a consequence of relying on then-timely jokes, references, and cameos. And no, it never really had anything serious to say. But the chemistry among the cast was strong, there were some very memorable moments, and it was genuinely funny. It ran a little too long and the movie was definitely a mistake, but overall it was a cool show.

[@philipcallado5693]

But why does a show or movie need some kind of message to shove in viewers’ faces? Why can’t it just be enjoyable? The irony is, there was a message throughout the show, and it was about lifelong friends sticking together through thick and thin. One of my favorite episodes was the season 2 finale where Vince broke up with Mandy and basically alienated everybody, especially E. E was considering moving on from Vince, but after a heart to heart with Ari, he decides to still support Vince as a friend. Stuff like that is why I’ve rewatched the series multiple times.

[@boardmandave]

I think the woke police should leave the past alone and stop messing with things like Roald Dahl books and Disney Classics. No one dares to stand up to them for fear of being cancelled. It's very sad

[@jujutaylor2186]

This show was my SH!T. I was an Entourage girl not a Sex and the City chick. Noone could disturb me on Sunday nights in college when this show came on. I miss this show

[@futurenate]

The show isn't the problem, society is.

[@Hains22]

Entourage was a cleverly written show. But, I must admit, the show aged liked milk. The “Family Guy” jokes didn’t help either 😂

[@mario10zeus]

Entourage aimed to entertain. It was a fantasy show, where the 3 friends enjoy the spoils of having their best buddy be a Hollywood A lister. For a lot of it, you had suspend belief: Vinnie was nothing more than a pretty face, Eric could never date Sloan, and there's no way that Ari could manage a company and behave in an abrasive and disrespectful manner towards employees and colleagues. On the other hand, it was sometimes very realistic, it showed us what Hollywood is, a city of coked up weirdoes and perverts, and after Me Too, we confirmed a lot of it.

[@AYVYN]

Tom Green literally dated Drew Barrymore. If that can happen, anything can happen.

[@mario10zeus]

@@AYVYN Tom Green somehow became famous .and popular.. I don't know why. I never got the appeal.

[@juancedillo4040]

It was a decent show, it's a product of its time I would say. I know that is used to describe anything that is now seen as controversial, but it was, for the most part, so 2000s, and the movie didn't do any favors. I went to watch it on theaters and felt shallow like the first season.

[@alyzu4755]

It was definitely a product of its time. I lived in L.A. at the time and SO MANY young guys were trying really hard to be like Vince et al. 🫤

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I watched it off & on when I had HBO, cable TV. I thought the plots, scenes were limp, not really great. I'm still curious who the Hollywood actor was who bought millions in tickets 🎟 to pump up his big film's weekend gross $$$.

[@LiveTheDream24]

I actually discovered Entourage randomly because of The Office. I remembered seeing Jeremy Piven promoting it back in the later years of the series and then when its brought up in The Office I thought "Hey, i should check that out" and i watched the whole series and the movie. I really enjoyed the series and the movie was meh but I enjoyed the Entourage world overall. I can see how certain parts of the show would be seen as problematic and I think people fail to realize that its okay to bring light to how something was fucked up but there is no changing it now, its out there. Millions of people saw it and it was representative of a different time, a freeze frame of a different time. That doesn't mean that it should be erased it just means that we need to see it for what it is. All in all the experience of watching it was enjoyable and Jeremy Piven was definitely the highlight of the show as a whole by far.

[@tylerhackner9731]

I like that show

[@Flesharrower]

Worked at a remote weather station from mid 2000's through to mid 2010's and me and a buddy would watch the series while drinking. It brings back good memories for me because of that but not necessarily because the show was fantastic or anything.

[@rupanjan]

Some of the shows from 2000s like Entourage and Gossip Girl will forever remain a time capsule for the culture back then and honestly I actually dig that era, it seemed cooler than my current generation ngl and more people seemed to spend time with others and genuinely have fun

[@TehStylishone]

Yeah Gossip Girl was another example of a show that worked perfectly for it's time. You would have to adjust things to make it work now.

[@prestely]

Although I watched the entire show back in the day, i can't, for the life of me, remember a specific episode or defining moment (except for the "I am Queens Boulevard") and the depiction of women as replaceable trophies already bothered me a lot back then. I wish the show had the nerve to adress the star system and superficiality it depicted or the whole concept of entourage (so called Friends Leeching out from you) but i feel it never did. Whatever character arc we may have hasn't stuck with me at all, unlike for example Weeds, which, i still remember fondly despite Its many flaws.

[@kindofabigdeal7284]

That show started off entertaining but got annoying by season 3. One of the Worst tv mother’s ever

[@Chocolatepain]

I watched the entire series over the course of a few weeks just being bored in college, but I never think about it now. I also never saw its presence in the zeitgeist, feel like no one ever talked about it.

[@MylesLong82]

I watched it when it aired every Sunday and we always talked about it. But yea makes sense why no would discuss it if its been off the air for a while and you're watching it years later lol

[@kabtown5631]

Love Entourage! Watching past shows are like opening time capsules. The show was successful at that time for a reason. Rewatched it recently and it’s still enjoyable

[@pistolen87]

Entourage shows a time right before smartphones and social media changed the culture, it was the end of an era. Bad behaviour was less exposed and shamed because it happened outside of the publics purview. Today, bad behavior increasingly gets exposed and shamed online, which has changed culture.

[@michaelahurt]

I definitely still love it and will occasionally re-watch episodes. Some of the quotes/jokes are just part of my everyday language now. And me and one of my best friends still give each other an Ari/E style wake up call every year when Michigan plays Ohio State. But I completely understand why it wouldn't attract a new audience. It *is* very dated because of all the pop culture references and obviously a lot of the language used on the show is no longer considered socially acceptable. Overcoming the former is hard enough, look at something like Murphy Brown, let alone the later. I still find it perfectly watchable though.

[@zxcytdfxy256]

Entourage is amazing, I say this being a new fan on season 4, it is fun, well written and really well made all around. I recommend it to anyone willing to give it a chance.

[@RubeRozay]

STILL love Entourage to this day. Would/Will will always recommend this show

[@LysanderMiles]

I binge watch this series once every year/two years. Although this show basically sums up the 2000s, some of the stuff they say/do might not fly in today's atmosphere. It would be interesting to see how they can bring back the original charm of the show, but I'm fine with how it ended.

[@BrennanRyan]

I discoeverd this show in 2020. Still absolutely amazing. I wish there were more shows like this. not everyone who watches TV is a PC lib

[@tylergaylord3]

I actually watch it quite a bit. Perfect background show. And living in LA as an actor. I feel like I reference or quote moments of this show constantly

[@NotSoRandom_]

Such a great show for the time, but there’s no way it could be made today 😂

[@DeanBrett14.]

i somehow discovered it and im so so happy i did. there is nothing else like this show. the humour is refreshing and brilliant. The series is phenomenal and i hope people find it

[@SBox180]

I would throw it in the same bucket as Sex in the City. The two parallel each other in their mostly narrow appeal to a certain gender. But similar to how Sex in the City’s reboot left things to be desired, I would imagine Entourage wouldn’t do much better if they did a reboot. Maybe it could work in a “How do guys like these adapt to the current day” kind of way where you can show them grow… but is it even the same show at that point?

[@gregholmes6083]

I loved Entourage, then again, I was 15 when it premiered and about 19 when I began watching a lot of it. The movie brought back nostalgia and I hoped it would be well received but that era was long gone. I also loved Californication. I'd welcome a video on that gem as well.

[@t221000]

Californicaton was fantastic

[@halilreissedyeci1956]

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[@Dayv018]

Weird, I actually enjoyed the movie quite a bit, I just think they sat on it too long with too large a gap between the end of the show and the movie releasing. I've had a lot of younger friends who saw the movie that actually were the reason they went back to binge watch the show and they loved it.

[@DomLobifaro]

To me, what I really loved about the show is how much the guys really cared for one another and how loyal they were. It was an awesome wish-fulfillment show that took you away from reality. Was it politically incorrect, yes, of course, but that is what made it funny. A reboot would be interesting but doubtful. The things actors/celebrities do in their youth are a big part of that wish-fulfillment culture and I can't see any interesting wishes being fulfilled by men in their 50s. Definitely one of my favorite shows of all time!!

[@johnmcaleese8613]

I just watched this movie on KZbin and the ending was drama doing victory at the golden globe awards not this wedding where can I find this wedding scene, am I going crazy someone help lol

[@HarvestStore]

Great video.

[@johnfronczek2658]

Yeah, Entourage was a good HBO show. It was a big deal and popular in the early 2000’s. However, almost 20 years later, no one talks about it. It was very masculine and manly, but I liked it. I have the first season, second season, and part of the third season on DVD.

[@scottydub5785]

its masculinity is principally responsible for all the negativity, esp in these, the vaunted Woke Generation years…shows like this are a nice reminder of the normality of men just being men and if people don’t like this fact, they can f*** off

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Sex in the City ll was AWFUL. 1 of the few films I quit watching. It had no good qualities, reasons to see it. 🎬

[@Blankford777]

Entourage kicks ass. Watched it all the time with my roomates in college. That was the perfect time and place for it to exist. NEWS FLASH; something made 20 years ago may be found insensitive and offending to the gentle eyes and ears of today. Get the hell over yourself people it's a damn TV show, just turn it off if you don't like it.

[@petermanji8116]

Every time someone mentions entourage, I remember Jeremy Piven's character, dude was hilarious.

[@dubmcz]

i rewatched the entire series today, im still in love with it. in fact, i did something i didn't do the first time, and that's cry when Ari get's back with his wife with the Opera singers his daughter had found all by herself earlier in the episode. I was 17 when the show ended, call it getting older, but the show is still an all time classic for me.

[@madhukarg8052]

i used to watch the movie ( and i did not get anything of it ) everytime it was on HBO in India around 2017 - 2018 , later found out it was based of a series , which was not available to watch on streaming anywhere , i want to watch the show

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Turtle knowing Kayne West before he was famous was always funny to me 😂

[@mattiparviainen607]

I really did enjoy the tv series, and also the movie. Well done! Wish there would be more...

[@108asf]

There were 8 season of this?

[@ozymandias157]

I was a fan since day one. It’s easy to go back and criticize anything.However when it was on, Entourage was dope! I’ll always stand up for that show.

[@pianist150]

I loved the show when I was 15... then I stopped being 15. It was cool wish fulfillment and I do think the grounded 4 buddies in this superficial world was a good and endearing point of view. But I wanna say somewhere around season 4, the grounded 4 buddies become just as superficial as everyone else and the show revels in that. The guys become the douchiest versions of themselves, it leans further and further into the misogyny and toxic masculinity (every woman is either eye candy or a nagging shrew it feels like, and the opening line of the movie is "I might have to jerk off before I even get there" while drama stares at a bunch of models), and it all just becomes so hateable. Even teh celebrity cameos devolve into "Here is an actor you know, and they're gonna curse! Isn't that HILARIOUS?!?" Which again, when I was like 15, I thought was fun and funny. Now that I'm not a teenager I have no desire to see this show or another like it again.

[@luisrizo8813]

Watch the Honest Trailer

[@happysaffa8871]

It served it purpose, it's not something you should aspire to. You don't watch marvel movies moaning that superheroes have "toxic masculinity "or "unreachable goals". It is was it is. It was fun and funny.

[@KHEENGS]

A man complaining about toxic masculinity is definitely a simp. I bet you are pro lgbtp too

[@pianist150]

​@@happysaffa8871 If I watched a superhero movie and all the guys acted like the guys in Entourage the entire time and the movie thought that was a good thing, then yeah I'd consider that a mark against the movie. For example Tony Stark in the first Iron Man was an asshole but the point of the movie is that he learns to be less of an asshole. If the point of the movie was "being an asshole is great and he should get worse actually" I wouldn't like it as much. Entourage just has 4 guys become douchey and not fun to be around and the show asks "isn't this charming??" and its really not. In the beginning when they were pretty laid back dudes they were fun to be around. Also Idk what you're "unreachable goals" point was about, I never said that

[@itsharryhagen]

⁠@@pianist150Who would of thought that Demolition Man (an underrated movie), released in 1993, would slowly become reality. Accurately predicting a sterile, oppressed society and political correctness that stripes the very fabric of what it is to be a man

[@michael-ti1jx]

Entourage was gold. Though the last few season and movie seems as if the writers was calling it in, that series is still rewatchable.

[@bakesaletv2676]

Really good points HBO does not market the show couple of months ago I was scrolling through hbo max and I stumbled upon it and I thought to myself "dude I used to watch this when I was 14" so I watched a couple of episode and it's still funny and still holds up

[@Bigwhistle]

All time favourite show including the movie. Only found it after the final series but have watched all seasons at least twice a year since. Helps me escape the ridiculous world we live in now.

[@Alexgrl99]

I love the show and enjoyed it, but I think it’s fallen off exactly how a show of its caliber was supposed to. The writing/character development was never up to the level of sopranos or the wire or HBO’s other shows. And not because it was comedic, but because it really wasn’t that deep. They could’ve really delved into the characters mental health, masculinity, etc but they never did. They just partied, cursed, and had sex. And that’s okay! But it’s not legendary by any means.

[@filipgawlik8370]

A great show at the time, but also it aged so poorly that I can't rewatch it without cringing

[@taylorgayhart9497]

I think every piece of media is due for a reevaluation at some point. I mean look at older pieces of media, there’s a reason we reevaluate older pieces of literature through a modern lense. Friends is a good example, it was praised in its time for having a lesbian couple featured so predominately, but now a lot of the discourse is “Friends is transphobic actually”. I personally think How I Met Your Mother, and in particular Barney and Ted’s behavior, *really* need to be looked at more closely, despite still loving the show. I don’t think criticizing aspects of something means that the entirety of it sucked, so I don’t personally get offended when people critique shows I like.

[@MrBigshakey]

Love this channel ❤We need more videos unpacking the characters and why it deteriorated as the seasons progressed

[@Alvarez38006]

The show was great back in the day and is still great today . I just watched the series again and it def holds up but I can see how today's fruity population would get offended.

[@jasonbryant1552]

I only saw the show on VH1 classic. It would come on at 11:30 at night, and they'd show 2 episodes. But on the last when I thought that the final 2 episodes were gonna come on the next night, I went to bed. Was waiting for it the next night, but they replaced it with something else, cause they played the last two the night before. Thanks VH1 classic.

[@ThingzNStuffJAH]

I still re-watch the series like everywhere year, the same way I do GOT Sopranos the wire and boardwalk empire

[@TenThumbsProductions]

The show was fun to watch once but in the ethos of HBO shows it isn’t even close to one’s you want to rewatch. It just didn’t have the making of a varsity athlete.

[@dpotero]

The writers strike hurt this show. First 3 seasons were great. The rest not so much

[@davehandelman2832]

Season 8 was similar to GoT- they stopped caring. Then, the film sucked. Instead of moving the story forward, they turned the click back like the Force Awakens. Such a shame.

[@dustinhigdon]

I finally watched it last year on HBO max. I loved it and the memory of it is still fresh to me. It’s a fun world to play in but it definitely fell off in the later seasons. I’d love to see a reboot of it for sure. The cast was great, I’d love to see them again.

[@kyleconnor2759]

A reboot would be a disaster

[@charleshamilton9274]

If you were a straight, young, lower-middle-class nobody, one imagines “Entourage” was the very embodiment of what you wanted your life to be. I wonder how many of these aforementioned wretches moved to LA seeking an Entourage fulfillment of their very own. There were, however, moments of genuine genius: Kevin Dillon’s character was beautifully acted and written while Rex Lee owned every scene he was in. And, where do I even start to fully appreciate Jeremy Piven? It was a show very much about its unique time and place.

[@genius179]

Ferrara was great on the Starz show Power, don't play him. Don't just overlook that because it's a black show.

[@boardmandave]

The thing is in the days that this was released it was absolutely awesome but then everyone lost their sense of humour when being woke became fashionable which was the death of comedy

[@uchihabomber1296]

I’m more surprised how I’ve never heard anybody ever mention this show a day in my life besides this video and it apparently being such a big show too. It does look interesting tho

[@amadou234]

Just finished the show and movie, def in my top 3 shows of all time

[@PolarisCastillo]

I actually loved the film! I had a great time bingeing the show back in 2013

[@WalkWithMeTim]

I loved this show and still do! I hope they do another season and NOT a reboot

[@MichaelSunny]

I remember hearing about the movie and binging the whole series a month before it released. I liked it and at the time I liked the movie. I eventually realized how bad the movie was but I also realized it was a perfect ending to the characters.

[@jeremycronic]

Biggest mistake HBO and the show runners did was not giving Jeremy Piven a spinoff as Ari. Would be awesome if they did.

[@NounOzlos]

Ari worked in large part because he was used somewhat sparingly. An entire show centered around him would have been unbearable.

[@hashbrownfob]

Just finished a rewatch of this show and still thought it was great. It was the mid 2000s, so there is many things now considered problematic, but I watched it for what it was at the time. More of a nostalgic thing. It came out when I was a senior in HS (my college roommate introduced me to it), so It reminds me of that time. Also end of the day it was 4 dudes who were best friends and really cared for each other. I think it could work today but without homophobia, racism, misogyny would have to be taken out. It would be interesting to see how Ari does in the 2020s with that.

[@rakkeez]

First watched the show in 2016 and again and again, I'm still rewatching it in 2024. Loved the show then and now. Ari, Drama, Turtle are one of the most iconic characters in the show.

[@martinsanchez4827]

Drama and Ari yes. Turtle no way, I liked him but he doesn't have to be in the same sentence as Drama and Ari. Kevin Connolly was a better actor than Jerry.

[@Punmaster9001]

I never watched that show. Everything I saw about it made it seem like it was just four douchbags walking around looking at themselves. And then I saw celebs or something, and I don't know, it just looked stupid. I wasn't even sure what it was about, and even with this video explaining it, I'm still not sure. With the talk about how bad it was overall, I'm glad I didn't watch it. Let it stay dead.

[@73clementines]

It’s because of videos like this that lots or people over 40 (like myself) feel so out of place in today’s world. And we absolutely should NOT. People like the creator of this type of video will ride whatever wave is currently feeding the media outlets, & for awhile now it’s been the whole “this would never be made now, this feels dated” schtick. All of the people claiming to be so “offended” by this type of content jumped on this bandwagon because the mass media told them to. Absolutely no one was complaining when this show was airing, because times were still normal back then. The show felt authentic, & for someone that lives in Los Angeles & worked in that world, there wasn’t as much embellishment as you may think. Of course some things were exaggerated for drama/comedy content, but in closing, this video was absolute clickbait & I’m disappointed in myself for falling for it. If the show was so irrelevant, no one would bother making a video about it over a decade after it last aired for clicks. Think about it.

[@DoubleO88]

Well said, anything that shows men having fun is not allowed.

[@culchiefilms1791]

I never say Entourage but Ferarra definitely has found atleast some other TV success. Proctor in the Power series is a fan favourite

[@abdelali9279]

Never knew when Michael Scott said, "hug it out" was a reference to anything

[@yalexyortiz8762]

Love this show, rewatch it once every year

[@osce0001]

This is one of my favourite tv shows I never get tired of watching it ... However when it comes to vince, e,drama and turtle they have grown up now and showing them still going out to nightclubs to pick up women and acting like high school kids is a bit sad... I think for a reboot to work, it would have to introduce some new elements

[@kindofabigdeal7284]

Or just none at all. I’m just so over reboots, requels and sequels at this point lol

[@ScootsFromNewCastle]

Vinny’s a director, Drama still acting because he will die an actor, E still a big time manager, and Turtle who the fuck knows probably owns a $10 billion gaming company with the way they wrote career development lol

[@Avboyyy]

I’ve always wanted to watch the movie as a kid but never did. I finally decided to binge the series and watch the movie and finished yesterday. I loved every second of it

[@pookey6905]

I started watching this because an older fraternity brother of mine had a poster. I had finished the “main” HBO shows (sopranos, boardwalk, GOT, the wire) and threw it on because I remembered the poster. What a great show.

[@DrunkenYodaUnplugged]

Never watched it, never cared, completely escaped its pop culture effect. No regrets.

[@nbasizzlereels5315]

Jerry Ferrara had a big role in 50 Cent's TV show Power. He was on it for 5 seasons...

[@thepawll]

Top 5 for sure. I understand how dated it is and how some of the content is now considered offensive. I just enjoy it for what it is. It was entertaining. Funny. I still burn through this series, watching and/or just listening while I work, 1-2 times a year.

[@MarkHoltze]

I've recently been catching up with it as well. It was never really something I took seriously and at it's 30 min format it was set up by HBO to be kind of a Curb like vibe. Nothing too serious, just a fun visceral experience type of show similar to what Sex and the City did for women at the time. I agree some stuff I've seen (especially from Turtle) is super cringe and would not "fly" today, but as stated, a definite time capsule of Hollywood life in the early 2000's. Even at the time I think it just went on a bit too long and i also didn't really love the film...again to parallel sex and the city...the films never achieved the level of success (critical or audience) as the series did. It's probably just the format of the show, Simpsons failed in this regard too IMHO. Piven became a house hold name because of his character and while he's crass and "abusive", I always felt like it came from a decent place, but also kind of "what it takes" to succeed in Hollywood at the time. I actually really like him and Lloyd's relationship despite all the shot Lloyd takes from Ari, Lloyd takes it well and never really undoes his resolve. Didn't mean to write a damn essay, but great video.

[@gorz859]

One of the best feel good shows of all time

[@KarimJovian]

This show use to motivate me and as a teenager I wanted to emulate it with my KZbin career in the years after. Even went to see the movie in theaters with my then “entourage” a new reprisal can work but has to be crafted carefully. Ari’s new assistant can be a woke blue haired feminist who at first we are like oh god but through the episodes we grow to like her and kinda get where she is coming from. Ari good repping the most annoying entitled tiktok stars, Vince trying to make it as an actor but sees movies not as popular as before because now you have tiktok stars and streamers (cast popular streamers and tiktokers for roles playing themselves) Kevill Dillion’s character can be him trying to be a tiktok star doing the weirdest shit online. I dunno just spit balling ideas

[@puremichpaule]

Watching this video mainly realize how awesome entourage was.And i'm totally going to rewatch entire season over the next 4-5 days

[@Gary_King1413]

I love all of Entourage, I discovered it on the right day, and I know the writing, acting and everything isn't great but I love it, even the last seasons. Haven't seen the movie yet but I'll get to it eventually. Its a bro show, thats it, its super cheesy but I love it. A Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold compilation was what got me to watch it and im so glad it did

[@adamethancrow]

It was of it’s time - but great fun. I’m a fan. It’s strange how folks give it a hard time about the content yet no one says the same about Sex in the City (another show I love) which was about women behaving in exactly the same way? 😊😊😊😊

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

That's the paradox: Do a thing perfectly and it's done, perfectly. I can rewatch it forever whenever it comes to mind, but the problem is it rarely does.

[@mcdadypete]

Strange disappearance ? They had 8 seasons and ended with a movie finale !

[@imc90-1]

I think Ferrera had a great run Power as the lawyer of James St Patrick

[@PromotingTheBeat]

To sum up the video, bunch of confused rainbow activist people took over the networks and now don't want their feelings hurt so would never allow a show like this to exist today.