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 schoolgirl Laura Palmer in the small rural town in Washington state after which the series is named.
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| Nominations | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit| Award | Year[a] | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aftonbladets TV-pris | 1991 | Best Foreign TV Program | Twin Peaks | Won | [1] |
| Best Foreign TV Personality – Male | Kyle MacLachlan | Won | |||
| American Society of Cinematographers Awards | 1991 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot | Ronald Víctor García (for "Northwest Passage") | Nominated | [2] |
| Artios Awards | 1990 | Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic | Johanna Ray | Won | [3] |
| BPG TV and Radio Awards | 1991 | Best Imported TV Programme | Twin Peaks | Won | [4] |
| BRIT Awards | 1991 | Soundtrack/Cast Recording | Soundtrack from Twin Peaks | Won | [5] |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 1991 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – Night | Leslie Linka Glatter (for "Cooper's Dreams") | Nominated | [6] |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1991 | Best Television Series – Drama | Twin Peaks | Won | [7] |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama | Kyle MacLachlan | Won | |||
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Piper Laurie | Won | |||
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Sherilyn Fenn | Nominated | |||
| Grammy Awards | 1991 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Angelo Badalamenti (for "Twin Peaks Theme") | Won | [8] |
| Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television | Angelo Badalamenti (for Soundtrack from Twin Peaks) | Nominated | |||
| Los mejores de TP | 1991 | Best Foreign Series | Twin Peaks | Won | [9] |
| Peabody Awards | 1991 | Honoree[b][c] | Honored | [10] | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 1990 | Outstanding Drama Series | Twin Peaks[d] | Nominated | [11] |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Kyle MacLachlan | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Piper Laurie | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Sherilyn Fenn (for "Northwest Passage," "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer," and "Realization Time") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | David Lynch (for "Northwest Passage") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series | David Lynch, Mark Frost (for "Northwest Passage") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series | Harley Peyton (for "Rest in Pain") | Nominated | |||
| 1991 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Kyle MacLachlan (for "Arbitrary Law") | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Piper Laurie (for "Demons" and "Masked Ball") | Nominated | |||
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 1990 | Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series | Patricia Norris (for "Northwest Passage") | Won | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music | Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics | Angelo Badalamenti (music), David Lynch (lyrics) (for "Into the Night") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) | Angelo Badalamenti (for "Traces to Nowhere") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Art Direction for a Series | Patricia Norris, Leslie Morales (for "Northwest Passage") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Editing for a Series (Single-Camera Production) | Duwayne Dunham (for "Northwest Passage") | Won | |||
| 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") | Nominated | |||
| 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") | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series | Don Summer, Gary Alexander, Adam Jenkins (for "On the Wings of Love") | Nominated | |||
| Q Awards | 1991 | Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series | Kyle MacLachlan | Nominated | [12] |
| Satellite Awards | 2007 | Best DVD Release of a TV Show | Twin Peaks (for Season 2) | Nominated | [13] |
| Saturn Awards | 2008 | Best Retro Television Series on DVD | Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition | Won | [14] |
| 2015 | Best DVD or Blu-ray Television Series | Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery | Won | [15] | |
| Soap Opera Digest Awards | 1991 | Outstanding Prime-Time Show | Twin Peaks | Nominated | [16] |
| Outstanding Lead Actor – Prime-Time | Kyle MacLachlan | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Supporting Actor – Prime-Time | Everett McGill | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Supporting Actress – Prime-Time | Mädchen Amick | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Supporting Actress – Prime-Time | Peggy Lipton | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Hero – Prime-Time | Michael Ontkean | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Heroine – Prime-Time | Lara Flynn Boyle | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Villain – Prime-Time | Richard Beymer | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Villainess – Prime-Time | Piper Laurie | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Storyline – Prime-Time | Who killed Laura Palmer? | Nominated | |||
| 1992 | Outstanding Prime-Time Show | Twin Peaks | Nominated | [17] | |
| Outstanding Actor – Prime-Time | Kyle MacLachlan | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Actress – Prime-Time | Piper Laurie | Nominated | |||
| Best Death Scene – Prime-Time | Sheryl Lee as Maddy Ferguson | Nominated | |||
| TCA Awards | 1990 | Program of the Year | Twin Peaks | Won | [18] |
| Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Twin Peaks | Won | |||
| 2010 | Heritage Award | Nominated | |||
| 2011 | Heritage Award | Nominated | |||
| 2012 | Heritage Award | Nominated | |||
| 2013 | Heritage Award | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | Heritage Award | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Heritage Award | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Heritage Award | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Heritage Award | Won | |||
| Telegatto | 1991 | Best Foreign TV Series | Twin Peaks | Won | [19] |
| TV Land Awards | 2006 | Favorite Dream Sequence | Dream sequences featuring "The Man From Another Place" | Nominated | [20] |
Notes
edit- ^ The listed year refers to the date of the ceremony, not necessarily the year in which the corresponding season or episode aired
- ^ Presented to Lynch/Frost Productions in association with Propaganda Films and Worldvision Enterprises Inc.
- ^ Twin Peaks won the Peabody for the episode "Northwest Passage"
- ^ Nominees: Gregg Fienberg, Mark Frost, David J. Latt, David Lynch
References
edit- ^ "Här är alla tidigare vinnare". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). March 11, 2011.
- ^ "Past ASC Awards". American Society of Cinematographers. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010.
- ^ "1990 Artios Awards". Casting Society of America.
- ^ "1991". Broadcasting Press Guild.
- ^ "1991". BRIT Awards.
- ^ "Awards / History / 1990". Directors Guild of America.
- ^ "Twin Peaks". Golden Globe Awards.
- ^ "Angelo Badalamenti". Grammy Awards.
- ^ "No. 1302". Teleprograma (in Spanish). March 18, 1991.
- ^ ""Twin Peaks" for the Premiere Episode". Peabody Awards.
- ^ "Twin Peaks". Emmy Awards.
- ^ "A History of VQT Award Winners". Viewers for Quality Television. Archived from the original on March 11, 2000.
- ^ "2007 12th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards". International Press Academy. Archived from the original on January 22, 2008.
- ^ "34 Winners". Saturn Awards. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012.
- ^ S. Cohen, David (June 26, 2015). "'Guardians of the Galaxy,' 'The Walking Dead,' 'Interstellar' Shine at Saturn Awards". Variety.
- ^ "1991". Soap Opera Digest. Archived from the original on February 10, 2011.
- ^ "1992". Soap Opera Digest. Archived from the original on February 10, 2011.
- ^ "TCA Awards". Television Critics Association.
- ^ "Correva l'anno 1991 quando "Twin Peaks" vinceva ai "Telegatti"". TgCom24 (in Italian). July 19, 2021.
- ^ "Awards". IMDb.
External links
edit- Awards for Twin Peaks