"Orange Is The New Black" is nominated in the Emmy Awards 2015 and the women of Litchfield Women's Correctional are in with the big leagues!
But here's the problem - the Netflix original series creator believes the show was placed in the wrong category.
Series creator Jenji Kohan recently expressed her frustration over "OITNB" being tagged as a "drama" series instead of a comedy.
"The whole label thing is frustrating - just people's needs to define us," Kohan said in an interview. "Okay, you know, whatever you want to call us, fine,"
"Are we a comedy? Are we a drama? ...Are we doing good work or not? Do you like us or not? As you can hear, I have issues with the whole, you know, beauty contest thing. It's fraud," she added.
The show, which was renewed for its 4th season, has been placed in the drama category due to new guidelines set by the Television Academy.
According to the rules, shows with episodes that run 30 minutes or less are categorized under comedy, while those that run for more than 30 minutes fall under the drama category.
This new guideline, Kohan believes, is creatively limiting.
"(To say), 'You're in this box and you're in that box' - we've always been hard to define," she said. "We're kind of a hybrid, and people feel this need to call us something, and I don't feel the same need to say what we are. So, that's on them,"
"We're funny when we feel we need to be funny and we're dramatic when we feel we need to be dramatic 'cause hopefully we're reflecting life. And life is never just a drama, just a comedy," the series creator added. "And I don't know why you have to say it's one thing or the other."
"Orange Is The New Black's" Emmy Awards 2015 nominations include, Outstanding Supporting Actress in A Drama Series for Uzo Aduba ("Crazy Eyes"), Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Pablo Schreiber ("Pornstache") and Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series for Jennifer Euston.
