Bloomberg is reporting that Netflix is preparing to launch a second original series called Orange is the New Black, a comedy from “Weeds” creator Jenji Kohan. Via SFGate:
Netflix, the online movie and TV service based in Los Gatos, California, will have first rights to the series from HBO, the creator of “Weeds,” said the person, who wasn’t authorized to speak before the deal is announced. The show is based on the memoir of a communications executive who served time for drug-related charges in a minimum-security women’s prison.