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Should Christians Watch Entourage?

Name: GodlyScore Review: Should Christians Watch Entourage?
Item: Entourage
Rating: 0.6
Author: GodlyScore

Entourage (HBO, 2004-2011) is the comedy about Hollywood star Vince Chase and his childhood friends living the celebrity high life — parties, women, money, fame. It is one of HBO's most successful comedies and one of the clearest cases in the Avoid category for Christian viewers.

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Entourage

Avoid

★☆☆☆☆0.6/5 · GodlyScore 12/100

Aspirational portrayal of promiscuity, substance use, and consequence-free hedonism with no redemptive framework — the show exists to make sin look glamorous.

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What Entourage Actually Is

Entourage does not depict a lifestyle and then explore its cost — it depicts a lifestyle and presents it as the pinnacle of human achievement. Sex with multiple partners, drug use, disregard for women as anything beyond sexual objects, and the relentless pursuit of pleasure and status are not shown with consequences — they are shown as rewards. The show's moral universe is one where these things constitute success.

Romans 1:28-32 describes people who "did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God" — approving of behavior that God has declared harmful. Entourage does not just depict this; it celebrates it as aspirational. The show's entire premise is that viewers should want Vince's life.

Compared to Other HBO Content

Even among HBO dramas that depict sin — The Wire (42/100) mourns the destruction it documents; Succession (38/100) exposes the emptiness of power without love — Entourage makes sin look good. This is the key distinction: cautionary versus celebratory. Entourage is unambiguously celebratory. 1 Corinthians 15:33's warning that "bad company corrupts good character" applies — this show is bad company for the imagination.

Content Breakdown for Christian Viewers

GodlyScore evaluates every show across nine signal categories grounded in Scripture: profanity (Ephesians 4:29), sexual content (1 Corinthians 6:18-20), violence (Psalm 11:5), LGBT normalization (Romans 1:24-27), spiritual darkness (Ephesians 5:11), glorification of sin (Romans 1:32), deception mechanics (Proverbs 12:22), virtue strength (Philippians 4:8), and redemption arc. The score reflects not just whether content is present but how it's framed — depicted critically, neutrally, or as aspirational. Entourage scores see full guide.

How to Find Alternatives

See our Christian TV Reviews hub for comparisons. For episode-level content breakdowns, Plugged In and Common Sense Media complement GodlyScore's biblical framework. Age recommendation: older teenagers and adults.