Orange Is the New Black is an American comedy-drama series,created by Jenji Kohan, which is based on "Orange Is the New Black" by Piper Kerman, a memoir about her own experiences in prison. Orange Is the New Black stars Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman, a woman in her thirties who is sentenced to 15 months in prison after she is convicted of a decade old crime of transporting money for her drug dealing girlfriend (Laura Prepon). The series also stars Laura Prepon as Alex Vause, a drug dealer and Piper's former lover; Michael J. Harney as prison counselor Sam Healy; Michelle Hurst as Miss Claudette, a fellow inmate; Kate Mulgrew as the inmate cook "Red," and Jason Biggs as Piper's fiancé Larry Bloom.
Netflix aired the show as a 13-episode straight-to-web series, it first aired on Netflix on July 11, 2013, On June 27, 2013, Netflix renewed Orange Is the New Black for a second season.
Orange Is the New Black generated more viewers and hours viewed in its first week than either of the other high profile Netflix original series, House of Cards and Arrested Development.
Orange is the New Black is from Jenji Cohan, executive producer of Weeds. This show covers the life of an innocent minded girl going through the troubles of fitting in to one of the worst places to be, prison. Throughout her sentence she learns the do's and don't's. She finds living her suburban lifestyle wont work. just like our favorite drug dealing mom, Nancy Botwin in Weeds, she learns quickly and not always efficiently. It does a great job of entertaining through laughs and a few cries. Great casting and writing.
The best part is that all 13 episodes are available to watch right now, so no air-dates to watch out for in America and subsequently Nigeria, since it follows the Netflix formula of releasing all episodes of a show at the same time. I can almost guarantee you will fall in love with Piper Chapman. You will laugh and cry with her as she tries to make it through her sentence.
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