Netflix’s one of the first-ever original series Orange Is the New Black will not be returning for its eighth season. The series which was created by Jenji Kohan is based on the 2010 memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman. The first season was released on Netflix in July of 2013 and it made the streaming platform into a significant and eminent television producer. The series’ latest season was released on 26th July 2019.
Who was in Orange Is in The Black?
Taylor Schilling plays the role of the lead Piper Chapman in Orange Is the New Black. She is arrested after being convicted of smuggling drugs internationally. The show features the lives of the female inmates inside the prison and how they cope with the new lifestyle. Their previous lives are shown in flashbacks. Apart from Schilling, Orange Is the New Black stars Uzo Aduba, Natasha Lyonne, Kate Mulgrew, Taryn Manning, Laura Prepon, and many other stars. Uzo Aduba has also won a Primetime Emmy Award in the year 2015 for her role in season two of the series.
When did Netflix decide?
Netflix had previously announced in October of 2018 that season seven will be the last in Orange Is the New Black. It was declared four months after the release of season six. The show’s official Twitter account shared a sixty-second video of different cast and crew members thanking everyone for being given the opportunity They also shared their experiences of filming the show.
Orange Is the Black is the longest-running original series of Netflix. It helped the platform in being the next big producer of meaningful content and entertainment. Since there were many constraints in traditional networks, the show set the stage for Netflix and other streaming platforms to produce innovative content.