<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Entourage </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Comedy - drama </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Created by </Th> <Td> Doug Ellin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Starring </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Kevin Connolly </Li> <Li> Adrian Grenier </Li> <Li> Kevin Dillon </Li> <Li> Jerry Ferrara </Li> <Li> Jeremy Piven </Li> <Li> Debi Mazar </Li> <Li> Perrey Reeves </Li> <Li> Rex Lee </Li> <Li> Rhys Coiro </Li> <Li> Gary Cole </Li> <Li> Emmanuelle Chriqui </Li> <Li> Scott Caan </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Opening theme </Th> <Td> "Superhero" by Jane's Addiction </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country of origin </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original language (s) </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of seasons </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of episodes </Th> <Td> 96 (list of episodes) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Production </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Executive producer (s) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Doug Ellin </Li> <Li> Mark Wahlberg </Li> <Li> Stephen Levinson </Li> <Li> Larry Charles </Li> <Li> Rob Weiss </Li> <Li> Denis Biggs </Li> <Li> Ally Musika </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Camera setup </Th> <Td> Single - camera </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Running time </Th> <Td> 21--35 minutes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Production company (s) </Th> <Td> Leverage Management Closest to the Hole Productions HBO </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Distributor </Th> <Td> Warner Bros. Television HBO Enterprises </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Release </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original network </Th> <Td> HBO </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Picture format </Th> <Td> 480i (SDTV) HDTV 1080i </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> July 18, 2004 (2004 - 07 - 18)--September 11, 2011 (2011 - 09 - 11) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Entourage (film) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related shows </Th> <Td> Entourage (South Korea) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Entourage </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Comedy - drama </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Created by </Th> <Td> Doug Ellin </Td> </Tr>

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