Spike TV Gets Off Network Rights To HBO’s Entourage

Spike TV has picked up off-network rights to HBO’s comedy series Entourage. The network has acquired all 78 produced episodes, the upcoming sixth season as well as rights to future seasons of the show. The Hollywood-centered comedy about young actor Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his posse will launch on Spike in January, after the show’s sixth season wraps on HBO. Spike also has the right to create a window for a second network, which likely will be Comedy Central. This is Spike’s second acquisition of an HBO program in the past month. The cable channel also picked up HBO’s Emmy-winning miniseries Band of Brothers for a premiere in the third quarter.