<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.netflix.com/orangeisthenewblack </Td> </Tr> <P> Orange Is the New Black (sometimes abbreviated to OITNB) is an American comedy - drama web television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix . The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum - security federal prison . Orange Is the New Black premiered on July 11, 2013 on the streaming service Netflix . In February 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season . The fifth season was released on June 9, 2017 . The series is produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television . </P> <P> Orange Is the New Black has become Netflix's most - watched original series . It has received critical acclaim and many accolades . For its first season, the series garnered 12 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, winning three . A new Emmy rule in 2015 forced the series to change categories from comedy to drama . For its second season, the series received four Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, and Uzo Aduba won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series . Orange Is the New Black is the first series to score Emmy nominations in both comedy and drama categories . The series has also received six Golden Globe Award nominations, six Writers Guild of America Award nominations, a Producers Guild of America Award, an American Film Institute award, and a Peabody Award . </P>

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