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Twin Peaks
1990–2017
· TV Show
· 50 min episodes
· 3 seasons
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #48
- IMDb #39
- Google retired #115
- Rotten Tomatoes #134
- Metacritic #18
- RatingGraph #124
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #273
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #45
- Metacritic Critics #44
- Metacritic Audience #6
- Criticker #6
- Trakt #81
Every rating
78–92
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 78, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 92.
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Details
- Created by
- David Lynch, Mark Frost
- Released
- 8 April 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Icelandic, Afrikaans, Norwegian
- Episode length
- 50 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 48 across 3 seasons
- Awards
- 19 wins, 44 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 63 →6 major awards won · 19 wins from 63 nominations across 19 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 1991 | Best Television Series – Drama | Twin Peaks | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1991 | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Piper Laurie | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1991 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama | Kyle MacLachlan | Winner |
| Grammy Awards 1991 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Angelo Badalamenti (for " Twin Peaks Theme") | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 1990 | Outstanding Editing for a Series (Single-Camera Production) | Duwayne Dunham (for "Northwest Passage") | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 1990 | Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series | Patricia Norris (for "Northwest Passage") | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1991 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – Night | Leslie Linka Glatter (for " Cooper's Dreams ") | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1991 | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Sherilyn Fenn | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama | Kyle MacLachlan | Winner |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Piper Laurie | Winner |
| Best Television Series – Drama | Twin Peaks | Winner |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Sherilyn Fenn | Nominee |
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
9 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series | Patricia Norris (for "Northwest Passage") | Winner |
| Outstanding Editing for a Series (Single-Camera Production) | Duwayne Dunham (for "Northwest Passage") | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music | Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) | Angelo Badalamenti (for " Traces to Nowhere ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics | Angelo Badalamenti (music), David Lynch (lyrics) (for "Into the Night") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Art Direction for a Series | Patricia Norris, Leslie Morales (for "Northwest Passage") | Nominee |
| 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") | Nominee |
| 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 ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series | Don Summer, Gary Alexander, Adam Jenkins (for "On the Wings of Love") | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Angelo Badalamenti (for " Twin Peaks Theme") | Winner |
| Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television | Angelo Badalamenti (for Soundtrack from Twin Peaks ) | Nominee |
Primetime Emmy Awards
9 nominations
| Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | David Lynch (for "Northwest Passage") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Drama Series | Twin Peaks | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Kyle MacLachlan (for " Arbitrary Law ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Kyle MacLachlan | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Piper Laurie | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Piper Laurie (for "Demons" and "Masked Ball") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Sherilyn Fenn (for "Northwest Passage," " Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer " and " Realization Time ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series | David Lynch, Mark Frost (for "Northwest Passage") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series | Harley Peyton (for " Rest in Pain ") | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – Night | Leslie Linka Glatter (for " Cooper's Dreams ") | Nominee |
TCA Awards
10 nominations, 3 won
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| Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Twin Peaks | Winner |
| Program of the Year | Twin Peaks | Winner |
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Aftonbladets TV-pris
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign TV Personality – Male | Kyle MacLachlan | Winner |
| Best Foreign TV Program | Twin Peaks | Winner |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best DVD or Blu-ray Television Series | Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery | Winner |
| Best Retro Television Series on DVD | Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition | Winner |
Artios Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic | Johanna Ray | Winner |
BPG TV and Radio Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Imported TV Programme | Twin Peaks | Winner |
BRIT Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Soundtrack/Cast Recording | Soundtrack from Twin Peaks | Winner |
Los mejores de TP
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Series | Twin Peaks | Winner |
Peabody Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Honoree | Winner |
Telegatto
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign TV Series | Twin Peaks | Winner |
Soap Opera Digest Awards
14 nominations
| Best Death Scene – Prime-Time | Sheryl Lee as Maddy Ferguson | Nominee |
| Outstanding Actor – Prime-Time | Kyle MacLachlan | Nominee |
| Outstanding Actress – Prime-Time | Piper Laurie | Nominee |
| Outstanding Hero – Prime-Time | Michael Ontkean | Nominee |
| Outstanding Heroine – Prime-Time | Lara Flynn Boyle | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor – Prime-Time | Kyle MacLachlan | Nominee |
| Outstanding Prime-Time Show | Twin Peaks | Nominee |
| Outstanding Prime-Time Show | Twin Peaks | Nominee |
| Outstanding Storyline – Prime-Time | Who killed Laura Palmer? | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor – Prime-Time | Everett McGill | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress – Prime-Time | Peggy Lipton | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress – Prime-Time | Mädchen Amick | Nominee |
| Outstanding Villain – Prime-Time | Richard Beymer | Nominee |
| Outstanding Villainess – Prime-Time | Piper Laurie | Nominee |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot | Ronald Víctor García (for " Northwest Passage ") | Nominee |
Q Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series | Kyle MacLachlan | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best DVD Release of a TV Show | Twin Peaks (for Season 2 ) | Nominee |
TV Land Awards
1 nomination
| Favorite Dream Sequence | Dream sequences featuring "The Man From Another Place" | Nominee |