Orange Is the New Black

*Orange Is the New Black*
Orange Is the New Black
Genre	Comedy-drama
Created by	Jenji Kohan
Based on	Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison; by Piper Kerman
Showrunner	Jenji Kohan
Starring	Taylor Schilling; Laura Prepon; Michael Harney; Michelle Hurst; Kate Mulgrew; Jason Biggs; Uzo Aduba; Danielle Brooks; Natasha Lyonne; Taryn Manning; Selenis Leyva; Adrienne C. Moore; Dascha Polanco; Nick Sandow; Yael Stone; Samira Wiley; Jackie Cruz; Lea DeLaria; Elizabeth Rodriguez; Jessica Pimentel; Laura Gómez; Matt Peters; Dale Soules; Alysia Reiner;
Theme music composer	Regina Spektor
Opening theme	"You've Got Time" by Regina Spektor
Composers	Scott Doherty; Brandon Jay; Gwendolyn Sanford;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	91 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jenji Kohan; Liz Friedman (pilot); Sara Hess; Tara Herrmann; Lisa Vinnecour; Neri Kyle Tannenbaum; Mark A. Burley;
Producer	Neri Kyle Tannenbaum
Production location	New York
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	51–93 minutes
Production companies	Tilted Productions; Lionsgate Television;
Budget	$4 million per episode
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	July 11, 2013 –; July 26, 2019
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Orange Is the New Black (sometimes abbreviated to OITNB) is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. It 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. Produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television, the series premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013, and ran for seven seasons until July 26, 2019.

Orange Is the New Black received critical acclaim throughout its run and many accolades. Among other awards, it garnered 16 Emmy Award nominations and four wins in comedy and drama (the first series to score nominations in both genre categories), six Writers Guild of America Award nominations, six Golden Globe Award nominations, a Producers Guild of America Award, an American Film Institute Award, and a Peabody Award. As of 2016, Orange Is the New Black was Netflix's most-watched as well as its longest-running original series.