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Twin Peaks – The Television Collection

The archival of all things Twin Peaks continues with a look at The Television Collection set released in late 2019 and early 2020. This set was a slightly smaller version of the incomparable Twin Peaks – From Z to A Limited Edition Blu-ray collection. Let’s take a look at the announcement, worldwide packaging and artwork for this sister set.

JULY 2019 SPECULATION ABOUT TWIN PEAKS – THE TELEVISION COLLECTION

July 26, 2019
@TwinPeaksArchve

Twin Peaks Archive first shared a tweet on July 26, 2019 about a post that  TVShowsOnDVD made via their Facebook page announcing The Complete Television Collection.

During my research, I learned TVShowsOnDVD was originally affiliated with TV Guide. In March 2013, CBS Interactive acquired TVGuide.com (which meant they also got TVShowsOnDVD). On May 25, 2018, the website was closed and all updates were moved to Twitter and Facebook. It would seem that the news of a new release coming from an official CBS owned entity would be official.

The Complete Television Collection
@TwinPeaksArchve

Artwork for The Complete Television Collection was located and shared on July 31, 2019. News spread quickly throughout the fan community about release.

However by August 1, all references to The Television Collection were removed. Fellow Bookhouse Boy Beano Rojo asked TV Shows on DVD about the removal which Twin Peaks Archive shared.

Tweet from Beano Rojo
Tweet from Beano Rojo on Aug. 1

AUGUST 15, 2019 ANNOUNCEMENT

The official, official announcement of The Television Collection was included as part of a much longer press release and announcement for the From Z to A Collection on August 15.

Twin Peaks - The Television Collection
Twin Peaks – The Television Collection

TWIN PEAKS: THE TELEVISION COLLECTION
On October 15, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment will also release Twin Peaks: The Television Collection on Blu-ray and DVD. For the first time ever, these releases will present all three television seasons of Twin Peaks in one collection: Seasons One and Two of the original series and A Limited Event Series, along with a trove of previously-released special features.

Amazon.com banner advertisement
Amazon.com banner advertisement

The set was made available for pre-order on August 21 via Amazon and other select websites.

It’s currently available from a number of retailers including Amazon (Blu-ray and DVD formats), the Showtime Store (DVD only), or Best Buy (Blu-ray / DVD).

INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATES

While October 15 was the North American (United States, Canada and Mexico) release date, the set was released in other countries in late 2019 and early 2020.

Zoom UK Ad for the Television Collection

Zoom UK shared a banner on January 16, 2020 for a pre-order of the set via Twitter.

HMV Inverness Tweet

On January 20, 2020, HMVInverness shared an image of the UK packaging for this set via Twitter

THE OUTER SLEEVE

This set is presented in a hardshell case which is covered with a sleeve containing artwork of Special Agent Dale Cooper with a hint of Laura Palmer.

Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Sleeve Front
North American Sleeve Front – Blu-ray Set
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - DVD Sleeve
North American Release – DVD Sleeve Front
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Blu-ray Sleeve Back
North American Release – Blu-ray Set Sleeve Back

Below are images (mostly artwork) of sleeves from the international releases.

Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Italy Sleeve
Italy Sleeve – Version 1
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Italy Sleeve
Italy Sleeve – Version 2

I found two different version of the Italian release. Most likely the second version is the official release while the first could be concept artwork.

Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - France
France Sleeve
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Germany Sleeve
Germany Sleeve
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - United Kingdom Sleeve
United Kingdom Sleeve
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Australia Sleeve
Australia Sleeve
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Japan Sleeve
Japan Sleeve

THE ARTWORK

Kyle MacLachlan in a still from Twin Peaks
Kyle MacLachlan in a still from Twin Peaks. Photo: Suzanne Tenner/SHOWTIME

The artwork uses Suzanne Tenner’s publicity shot of Kyle MacLachlan as Special Agent Dale Cooper in the Red Room. The image was taken on March 28, 2016 at Calvert Studios in Van Nuys, California. They crew shot several Red Room scenes that day. The image on the box cover is slightly turned to make Cooper appear he is looking up.

Twin Peaks - From Z to A Box
From Z to A Box

The design complements the Twin Peaks – From Z to A which uses stock photography from Roksana (Roxana) Bashyrova, a photographer from Kyiv, Ukraine. See more details about that box design in this Art Peaks article published in January 2020.

Twin Peaks - The Television Collection

I removed the text from the packaging to create the image above. I love the ghosted image of Laura Palmer from the moment she was found wrapped in plastic at the Blue Pine Lodge. The nod to the owl cave symbol is a nice touch too.

THE CASE INSERT

Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Case Insert
North American Case Insert – Front

The hardshell case insert uses the same artwork and information from the outer sleeve.

Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Insert Back
North American Case Insert – Back

The back of this insert contains an image of the top of Snoqualmie Falls, Laura Palmer wrapped in plastic and several fir trees. The trees aren’t actually found at the top of the falls as presented in the image.

THE DISC ARTWORK

Unlike other DVD / Blu-ray releases, the 16 discs in this set contain no outer artwork. Instead, they are bathed in blue and with text descriptions.

Blue Rose
Fire Walk With Me

Perhaps it’s fitting that they are blue given the connection to the Blue Rose seen in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc One
Disc One
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Two
Disc Two
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Three
Disc Three
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Four
Disc Four
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Five
Disc Five
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Six
Disc Six
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Seven
Disc Seven
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Eight
Disc Eight
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Nine
Disc Nine
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Ten
Disc Ten
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Eleven
Disc Eleven
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Twelve
Disc Twelve
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Thirteen
Disc Thirteen
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Fourteen
Disc Fourteen
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Fifteen
Disc Fifteen
Twin Peaks - The Television Collection - Disc Sixteen
Disc Sixteen

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    A "Twin Peaks" fan since October 1993, Steven Miller launched Twin Peaks Blog in February 2018 to document his decades-long fascination with David Lynch and Mark Frost's wonderful and strange show. With his Canon camera in hand, he's visited numerous film locations, attended Twin Peaks events and conducted extensive historical research about this groundbreaking series. Along with fellow Bookhouse Boys, he dreams of creating a complete Twin Peaks Archive of the series and feature film. Steven currently resides in Central Florida.

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2 thoughts on “Twin Peaks – The Television Collection

  1. Are Season 1 and 2 shown in the original TV format? Or is the picture matted on top and bottom to appear widescreen?

    1. Seasons 1 and 2 are presented in 4:3 format which means how their were originally shown on the ABC Television Network in 1990-1991. Black bars will be found on the left and right of the image when watching on a 16:9 formatted screen.

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