Orange Is the New Black season 5
season of television series
The fifth season of the American comedy-drama television series Orange Is the New Black premiered on Netflix on June 9, 2017, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51 and 60 minutes. 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. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan.
Cast and characters
Main cast
Special guest stars
Jason Biggs as Larry Bloom
Samira Wiley as Poussey Washington
Recurring cast
Inmates
Episodes
Production
In February 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season. The fifth season was released on June 9, 2017.
Cyberhack
In April 2017, it was reported that a cybercriminal had stolen the first ten episodes of the fifth season in a security breach of a post-production company. Netflix failed to respond to ransom demands, and the cybercriminal leaked the episodes online. Netflix confirmed the security breach and an ongoing investigation by federal law enforcement. Multichannel News reported that demand for the series significantly increased over the seven-day period following the leak of the episodes.
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