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'Orange is the New Black' to return for a fourth season

By Karen Butler
Actors, from left, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Laverne Cox, Matt McGorry, Dascha Polanco and Selenis Leyva pose backstage with their awards for outstanding ensemble in a comedy series for "Orange is the New Black" at the 21st annual SAG Awards in Los Angeles in January. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actors, from left, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Laverne Cox, Matt McGorry, Dascha Polanco and Selenis Leyva pose backstage with their awards for outstanding ensemble in a comedy series for "Orange is the New Black" at the 21st annual SAG Awards in Los Angeles in January. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

BEVERLY HILLS , Calif., April 15 (UPI) -- Netflix says it has renewed its celebrated prison dramedy series Orange is the New Black for a fourth season.

Starring Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Laverne Cox, Kate Mulgrew, Uzo Aduba and Taryn Manning, Season 3 is to begin streaming June 12. The fourth season is to be released in 2016.

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The show is about an upscale New York City woman who ends up behind bars after she is convicted of transporting a suitcase full of drug money to her former girlfriend.

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