--- description: Find out when the ladies of Litchfield will officially be back title: This Is When the New Season of "Orange Is The New Black" Will Be Online image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd1f7af1d8c54947/69885428a988ca0bb46b2fc7/oitnb_ps3_012_h.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is When the New Season of _Orange Is The New Black_ Will Be Online by [Esther Zuckerman](/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:59 AM CUTPublished: Jun 11, 2015 7:20 PM CUT  OITNBS3\_30SEPT14\_WHILDEN\_D0078.NEF OITNBS3\_30SEPT14\_WHILDEN\_D0078.NEFJoJo Whilden by [Esther Zuckerman](/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:59 AM CUTPublished: Jun 11, 2015 7:20 PM CUT The third season of _Orange Is The New Black_ is set to be released on June 12, but for those who want to get really specific (and possibly lose sleep) it should actually show up on Netflix at 3:01 a.m. ET/12:01 a.m. PT. So, sorry, East Coast viewers. Those who stay up should find joy within. TIME critic James Poniewozik [wrote](http://time.com/3910920/oitnb-season-3-review/ "undefined") in his review of the new season that it “kicks off less gloomy, and more flat-out funny, than the last year’s.” Netflix’s release of another hit didn’t go off without a hitch this year when [_House of Cards_‘ third season appeared on the site](http://time.com/3705995/house-of-cards-season-3-netflix-early/ "undefined") ahead of schedule. > [](https://twitter.com/HouseofCards/status/565631636440887297) If early episodes were to leak, we’d have to blame it on Pornstache. **Update:** So much for waiting: Netflix [released](http://time.com/3918566/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3-release-early/ "undefined") the season six hours early. > [](https://twitter.com/OITNB/status/609167381768744961) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3918077/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3-netflix/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3918077/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3-netflix/"},"headline":"This Is When the New Season of Orange Is The New Black Will Be Online","datePublished":"2015-06-11T19:20:05.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T06:59:27.000Z","description":"Spend the early hours of Friday with the women of Litchfied","url":"https://time.com/3918077/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3-netflix/","keywords":["Television","Netflix","Orange Is the New Black"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd1f7af1d8c54947/69885428a988ca0bb46b2fc7/oitnb_ps3_012_h.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman","jobTitle":"Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd1f7af1d8c54947/69885428a988ca0bb46b2fc7/oitnb_ps3_012_h.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"OITNBS3_30SEPT14_WHILDEN_D0078.NEF","caption":"OITNBS3_30SEPT14_WHILDEN_D0078.NEF","creditText":"JoJo Whilden","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3918077/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3-netflix/","name":"This Is When the New Season of Orange Is The New Black Will Be Online"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Orange Is the New Black - Series Trailer","description":"Orange Is the New Black - Series Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/sU2yQLzG/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-11T14:54:59.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sU2yQLzG.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3918077/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3-netflix/","duration":"PT1M48S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3918077/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3-netflix/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```