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Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama, 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.
Since the broadcast of the pilot episode, Twin Peaks earned widespread critical acclaim. The show earned a George Foster Peabody Award, a BRIT Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, three TCA Awards, and two Emmy Awards.
Kyle MacLachlan was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama. Piper Laurie, who was nominated for two 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 Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 1990.
Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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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 | [1] |
Artios Awards | 1990 | Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic | Johanna Ray | Won | [2] |
BPG TV and Radio Awards | 1991 | Best Imported TV Programme | Twin Peaks | Won | [3] |
BRIT Awards | 1991 | Soundtrack/Cast Recording | Soundtrack from Twin Peaks | Won | [4] |
Directors Guild of America Awards | 1991 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series - Night | Leslie Linka Glatter (for "Cooper's Dreams") | Nominated | [5] |
George Foster Peabody Awards | 1991 | Honoree [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] | Honored | [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, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Piper Laurie | Won | |||
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Sherilynn 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 for Television | Angelo Badalamenti (for Soundtrack from Twin Peaks) | Nominated | |||
Los mejores de TP | 1991 | Best Foreign Series | Twin Peaks | Won | [9] |
Primetime Emmy Awards | 1990 | Outstanding Drama Series | Twin Peaks [lower-alpha 3] | Nominated | [10] |
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 | Sherilynn Fenn (for "Northwest Passage", "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer", and "Realization Time") | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | David Lynch (for "Northwest Passage") | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | David Lynch and Mark Frost (for "Northwest Passage") | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Writing for 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 and David Lynch | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics | Angelo Badalamenti (music) and 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 and 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 | |||
Satellite Awards | 2007 | Best DVD Release of a TV Show | Twin Peaks (for Season 2) | Nominated | [11] |
Saturn Awards | 2008 | Best Retro Television Series on DVD | Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition | Won | [12] |
2015 | Best DVD or Blu-ray TV Series | Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery | Won | [13] | |
Soap Opera Digest Awards | 1991 | Outstanding Prime Time Show | Twin Peaks | Nominated | [14] |
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 | [15] | |
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 | [16] |
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 | |||
TV Land Awards | 2006 | Favorite Dream Sequence | Dream sequences featuring "The Man From Another Place" | Nominated | [17] |
Viewers for Quality Television Awards | 1991 | Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series | Kyle MacLachlan | Nominated | [18] |
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