renewal notice

HBO has renewed the hit comedy series Entourage for a fifth season and Flight of the Conchords for a second season, it was announced Friday by HBO Entertainment. Both Sunday-night series conclude their current seasons Sept. 2 and will return with new episodes in 2008. Entourage is a fictional look inside Hollywood, and Flight follows transplanted New Zealand comedy-music duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie around New York.

trumped up

NBC's Deal or No Deal, starring Howie Mandel, kicks off its third season Sept. 17 with special guest Donald Trump and an unprecedented $1 million Play at Home Lucky Case game, where one lucky viewer at home is guaranteed to win $1 million. When Nashville contestant Donna DiBiase takes the stage Sept. 17, she learns that the Banker is still on summer vacation. The Banker's Office is opened, revealing Trump as the surprise guest banker for the night.

chatter

"I'm not interested in drumming up false fears, or falsely allaying fears. I just want people to know what's going on."

Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent, about her six-hour, prime-time documentary series on fundamentalist religions, God's Warriors. It airs today through Thursday.

offscreen

"I've got ADHD," Extreme Makeover carpenter-turned- home-design specialist Ty Pennington admitted happily last week at the grand opening of his new shop in Venice, Calif. He called the naming of the Art Design Home Decor boutique "a pretty funny play on words, and it proves that people like me with ADHD can actually focus on one thing long enough to make it happen!" The store emphasizes the bedroom and the dining room, with a little fine art thrown in.