Salish Lodge & Spa perched above Snoqualmie Falls
Taka Haguchi

Beyond Ken Saito: Discovering Takanori Higuchi, the Actor Behind Twin Peaks’ Most Mysterious Visitor

For many Twin Peaks fans, Takanori Higuchi will forever be remembered as Detective Ken Saito—the earnest Tokyo investigator who arrived in Twin Peaks searching for his missing fiancée in David Lynch’s surreal Georgia Coffee commercials of the early 1990s. Sharing scenes with Agent Dale Cooper, the Log Lady, and the familiar denizens of the Double…

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Laura Palmer on a television screen

How Many U.S. Viewers Watched Twin Peaks?

When Twin Peaks splashed onto television screens in April 1990, millions of television viewers tuned into the show. Viewership was measured by Nielsen TV Ratings, an audience measurement system operated by Nielsen Media Research. Measurement of viewers have changed over the years with the advent of streaming services, yet these reports and statistics continue helping networks…

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Nadine Hurley and a newspaper article

Wendy Robie is the Woman Behind the Patch

While researching Twin Peaks, I love discovering early 1990s interviews with cast and crew. This time, I found a short article about Wendy Robie written by Hester Riches and published in the Calgary Herald on Feb. 1, 1991. Robie discussed her approach to playing Nadine Hurley in David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange show.

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