Articles about Orange is the New Black
Black storytelling matters
As Netflix launches a curated collection of programming dedicated to the Black Lives Matters movement, DQ highlights some of the featured series.
How to be an SVoD audience sleuth
Netflix and Amazon don’t give out audience figures. So how do we know if their shows are any good? Here are a few ways the industry has attempted to address this question.
Nielsen peels away Orange audience mystery
Nielsen data-crunching underlines the success of Netflix’s flagship drama Orange is the New Black, AMC shows faith in Preacher and Syfy gives a surprise recommission to 12 Monkeys.
Kohan to serve to three more years in prison
Netflix orders three additional series of Orange is the New Black, USA Network shows its support for Colony and Endemol Shine backs a BBC show about the Rillington Place murders.
Netflix nurtures writing talent
Netflix and Amazon are evolving into virtual campuses for some of the TV industry’s most creative writers. This week we look at the scribes behind some of Netflix’s upcoming shows.
GLAAD shines spotlight on LGBT progress
Following the release of GLAAD’s report on LGBT representation on US television, Andy Fry looks at the shows, writers and networks that have been singled out for praise – and where the industry must do better.
Drama behind bars: Wentworth and Orange is the New Black
Viewers are doing time with two dramas set inside women’s prisons, but is there room for both Wentworth and Orange is the New Black?
Binge viewing standard-bearer’s next move
It was the service that changed the rules. But with subscriber numbers continuing to soar and questions being asked about higher prices, what comes next for Netflix?
Time to play the game of Emmys
With Games of Thrones picking up the most Primetime Emmy nominations this week, Andy Fry considers the competition it faces and the omissions from this year’s shortlist, and also looks at two US summer series whose future is far from secure.
Let’s ask the audience
How can we tell whether SVoD ‘hits’ are as successful as their platforms would like us to believe, in the absence of TV-style metrics? Maybe we should just bite our lip and ask the viewer.