Sirius XM announced Tuesday that actor Jerry Ferrara — best known as “Turtle” from HBO’s Entourage — will join the channel’s lineup this week.

Ferrara will make his fantasy-hosting debut on Thursday night at 7 p.m. Eastern with the cleverly named Ferrara’s Fantasy Football, which will hold that slot throughout the season.

“Fantasy football players love to talk to other fantasy football players about anything and everything fantasy football related,” Ferrara said in the media release. “When NFL season rolls around, I become totally consumed with fantasy football, and I know there are a lot of others out there like me. Having a place to talk it all out is almost therapeutic!”

Here’s a snippet of Ferrara’s fantasy football involvement from a 2009 Web video …