'Orange Is the New Black': Here's how many more seasons of the show we'll see
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
鈥淥range Is the New Black鈥� fans have years of new episodes to look forward to.
The show has reportedly been renewed by the streaming service Netflix, not just for a fifth season (the fourth debuts this June), but for a sixth and seventh as well.聽
鈥淥range鈥� stars Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman, who is sentenced to more than a year in prison and comes to know the other women there.
As noted by , while Netflix usually does not share its audience numbers, the service has revealed before that 鈥淥range鈥� is their most popular original show.聽
As the controversy over the lack of diversity among this year's Academy Awards acting nominees continues, the 鈥淥range鈥� cast picked up a big prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. When accepting the award for best cast in a comedy series, 鈥淥range鈥� star Laura Prepon said of the cast, 鈥渓ook at this stage. This is what we talk about when we talk about diversity.鈥澛�
Examining diversity on streaming TV shows, some critics have praised current programs, though they note that there is always further to go. singled out Netflix鈥檚 program 鈥淢aster of None,鈥� which debuted late in 2015 and stars Aziz Ansari. 鈥淭elevision isn鈥檛 just getting more diverse," Ramanathan wrote. "It鈥檚 finally beginning to feel authentic. There鈥檚 no better example than 鈥楳aster of None鈥� 鈥� What鈥檚 extraordinary about 鈥楳aster of None鈥� is that its protagonist is a person of color who鈥檚 simply 鈥� normal.鈥�
called 鈥淥range鈥� 鈥渨hat diversity on TV should look like.鈥澛�
鈥溾�橭range is The New Black鈥� is great entertainment, but it鈥檚 also an elegant rebuke to those who grumbling resist on-screen diversity,鈥� Jones wrote.
As noted at the time of its premiere, the sitcom 鈥淭he Mindy Project鈥� was the first network comedy to have a South Asian-American lead in Mindy Kaling. 鈥淢indy鈥� was canceled by its network, Fox, but is now airing on the streaming service Hulu.
