Slowly but surely, Netflix has begun to assert their dominance over the cable industry. Currently outpacing mighty HBO and enjoying the success of recent ventures such as House of Cards and the revival of Arrested Development, they’ve rolled out their latest new series, the woman’s prison drama, Orange is the New Black.
The series follows engaged Brooklynite Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), whose decade-old relationship with drug-runner Alex (Laura Prepon) results in her arrest and year-long detention in a federal penitentiary. To pay her debt to society, Piper must trade her comfortable New York life with fiance Larry (Jason Biggs) for an orange prison jumpsuit and a baffling prison culture where she is forced to question everything she believes and form unexpected new alliances with a group of eccentric and outspoken inmates.
The key cast includes a large number of black actors, including Danielle Brooks, Samira Wiley, Vicky Jeudy, Lolita Foster, Michelle Hurst, Uzo Aduba, Adrienne C. Moore and Laverne Cox.
Created by Jenji Kohan (Weeds), all thirteen one-hour episodes of Orange Is the New Black will be available when the show premieres beginning on Thursday, July 11, 2013.
Several months ago, Netflix surpassing HBO for the first time ever when they reported over 29 million domestic subscribers in the first quarter of this year.
Check out the trailer for the series below: