What to Watch on Friday: New season of ‘Orange’ hits Netflix

Orange is the New Black (Netflix) – Cancel your weekend! The third season is available for streaming on Netflix starting today, and opens just as Alex (Laura Prepon) lands back in Litchfield prison – thanks to Piper (Taylor Schilling) reporting her parole violation. (Bonus! If you’re a fan of Red and would like a copy of Kate Mulgrew’s new book “Born with Teeth: A Memoir” on audiobook, email bcain@newsobserver.com by midnight Friday, June 12, and you’ll be entered in the drawing. Include your mailing address, please.)

Defiance (8 p.m., Syfy) – In the Season 3 premiere, Nolan and Irisa are rescued from their underground prison just to discover enemy forces marching on an utterly defenseless Defiance.

Catching Monsters (10 p.m., Discovery) – Bluefin season enters week two, and Jeff is determined to catch a big money fish.

Dark Matter (10 p.m., Syfy) – In the premiere of this new Syfy series, the crew aboard a derelict spaceship awake with no memories of who they are or why they are there. They must rediscover their own personalities while working together to survive.

Facing Evil (Investigation Discovery) – In the Season 5 opener of this true crime series, Candice DeLong interviews convicted murderer Cliff Youens who confesses to stabbing his girlfriend to death in Texas in 1986.

This story was originally published June 12, 2015 at 2:00 AM with the headline "What to Watch on Friday: New season of ‘Orange’ hits Netflix."