Twin Peaks is an American mystery-horror drama television series, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, that aired on the ABC network from April 8, 1990 to June 10, 1991. The series centers on the investigation into the murder of popular schoolgirl Laura Palmer in the small rural town in Washington state after which the series is named led by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper.
Statistics Since the broadcast of the pilot episode, Twin Peaks earned widespread critical acclaim. The show earned a BRIT Award, a Grammy Award, a Peabody Award, three Golden Globe Awards, three TCA Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Kyle MacLachlan received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama. Piper Laurie, who was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards—Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1990 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1991—won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television in 1990.
Awards and nominations
+ Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result Aftonbladets TV-pris 1991 Best Foreign TV Program Twin Peaks Best Foreign TV Personality – Male Kyle MacLachlan American Society of Cinematographers Awards 1991 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot Ronald Víctor García (for "Northwest Passage") Artios Awards 1990 Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic Johanna Ray BPG TV and Radio Awards 1991 Best Imported TV Programme Twin Peaks BRIT Awards 1991 Soundtrack/Cast Recording Soundtrack from Twin Peaks Directors Guild of America Awards 1991 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – Night Leslie Linka Glatter (for "Cooper's Dreams") Golden Globe Awards 1991 Best Television Series – Drama Twin Peaks Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama Kyle MacLachlan Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Piper Laurie Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Sherilyn Fenn Grammy Awards 1991 Best Pop Instrumental Performance Angelo Badalamenti (for "Twin Peaks Theme") Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television Angelo Badalamenti (for Soundtrack from Twin Peaks) Los mejores de TP 1991 Best Foreign Series Twin Peaks Peabody Awards 1991 Honoree Primetime Emmy Awards 1990 Outstanding Drama Series Twin Peaks Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Kyle MacLachlan Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Piper Laurie Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Sherilyn Fenn (for "Northwest Passage," "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer" and "Realization Time") Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series David Lynch (for "Northwest Passage") Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series David Lynch, Mark Frost (for "Northwest Passage") Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series Harley Peyton (for "Rest in Pain") 1991 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Kyle MacLachlan (for "Arbitrary Law") Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Piper Laurie (for "Demons" and "Masked Ball") Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 1990 Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series Patricia Norris (for "Northwest Passage") Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics Angelo Badalamenti , David Lynch (for "Into the Night") Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) Angelo Badalamenti (for "Traces to Nowhere") Outstanding Art Direction for a Series Patricia Norris, Leslie Morales (for "Northwest Passage") Outstanding Editing for a Series (Single-Camera Production) Duwayne Dunham (for "Northwest Passage") Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series John A. Larsen, Matt Sawelson, John Haeny, Pat McCormick, Albert Edmund Lord III, Fred Cipriano, Bruce P. Michaels, Lori L. Eschler (for "The Last Evening") 1991 Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series Richard Taylor, Pat McCormick, Richard F.W. Davis, Thomas DeGorter, Albert Edmund Lord III, Lori L. Eschler (for "On the Wings of Love") Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series Don Summer, Gary Alexander, Adam Jenkins (for "On the Wings of Love") Q Awards 1991 Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series Kyle MacLachlan Satellite Awards 2007 Best DVD Release of a TV Show Twin Peaks (for Season 2) Saturn Awards 2008 Best Retro Television Series on DVD Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition 2015 Best DVD or Blu-ray Television Series Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery Soap Opera Digest Awards 1991 Outstanding Prime-Time Show Twin Peaks Outstanding Lead Actor – Prime-Time Kyle MacLachlan Outstanding Supporting Actor – Prime-Time Everett McGill Outstanding Supporting Actress – Prime-Time Mädchen Amick Outstanding Supporting Actress – Prime-Time Peggy Lipton Outstanding Hero – Prime-Time Michael Ontkean Outstanding Heroine – Prime-Time Lara Flynn Boyle Outstanding Villain – Prime-Time Richard Beymer Outstanding Villainess – Prime-Time Piper Laurie Outstanding Storyline – Prime-Time Who killed Laura Palmer? 1992 Outstanding Prime-Time Show Twin Peaks Outstanding Actor – Prime-Time Kyle MacLachlan Outstanding Actress – Prime-Time Piper Laurie Best Death Scene – Prime-Time Sheryl Lee as Maddy Ferguson TCA Awards 1990 Program of the Year Twin Peaks Outstanding Achievement in Drama Twin Peaks 2010 Heritage Award 2011 Heritage Award 2012 Heritage Award 2013 Heritage Award 2014 Heritage Award 2015 Heritage Award 2016 Heritage Award 2024 Heritage Award Telegatto 1991 Best Foreign TV Series Twin Peaks TV Land Awards 2006 Favorite Dream Sequence Dream sequences featuring "The Man From Another Place"
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