'Orange Is the New Black' season six to return on JUly 27; show may end after season seven

Orange Is the New Black returns for season six, but showrunner Jenji Kohan has dropped a hint that the seventh season of the Netflix series could very well be its last.

“I haven’t made a final decision yet, but I’m leaning toward ending it after seven - though the nature of the show is one that can go on and on because you can bring in new people, " Kohan, the show’s executive producer, revealed.

She has the ending in her mind which she “will not share”, she said.

“I think I do (have an ending). And I will not share it,” she told The New York Times ahead of season five’s debut.

Netflix renewed the hit prison drama in February 2016, taking it through to season seven.

Orange Is the New Black season six will go on air on July 27.