In early May 1990, the first season of Twin Peaks was halfway finished. The show had taken the United States by storm and series’ actors were popping up in a variety of magazines. On May 7, 1990, People Weekly magazine published a short blurb about Dana Ashbrook who played Bobby Briggs in the show.
My examination of “TV Guide” magazines published during the first season of Twin Peaks continues with the May 12-18, 1990 issue. This issue was a Mother’s Day special and featured a review of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s groundbreaking television series along with one black and white advertisement for episode 1.006.
By the beginning of May 1990, Twin Peaks had been airing for a few weeks on the ABC Television Network. This gave “TV Guide” reporters enough time to write several stories for a special report about David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wildly popular first season for their the May 5-11 issue.
The DVD releases for the first two seasons of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks nearly mirrored the series’ release on VHS in the early 1990s. In December 2001, the first seven episode DVD set was released without the pilot episode just like the original VHS release. Despite this fact, it was an exciting time…
By April 28, 1990, David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks had aired the pilot followed by three episodes. The next one, directed by Tim Hunter and written by Robert “Bob” Engles would debut on May 3. This was right around the time of “Sweeps Week” when television networks aired episodes designed to get viewers to…
My look back at “TV Guide” magazines from April-May 1990 continues with the April 21-27 issue. This issue contains an interview with Peggy Lipton who played Norma Jennings in Twin Peaks. There is also a fantastic ad with James Hurley (James Marshall) and Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn) at the Double R Diner. It’s an odd one…
After writing about Twin Peaks found in the “TV Guide” from April 7, 1990, I acquired additional magazines from April and May that year. I figured with the popularity of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s show there must have been additional articles and advertisements. Great news – I was correct in my assumptions. So here is…
As I continue documenting and preserving Twin Peaks history, I’m sharing a GQ Style article about David Lynch’s Twin Peaks from their Fall | Winter 2014 issue. Author Tom Carson explores how David Lynch and Mark Frost’s early 1990s show influenced fashion in 2014.
The year 1992 was an exciting one for Twin Peaks fans. David Lynch’s feature film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and in Japan on May 16. A few months later on July 3, the film would have a wider theatrical release in France. Naturally, magazines and newspapers would cover the film known as Twin Peaks: Le…
Throughout the years I’ve been researching David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, I found several references to a review in the September 1989 Connoisseur magazine. This was the first of many positive reviews about how the show would change television. I recently found a used copy of the magazine on eBay, which I examine from an archival…