Editing Twin Peaks (section)

===Critical acclaim===
{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Twin Peaks}}
[[File:David Lynch at the 1990 Emmy Awards.jpg|thumb|right|upright|David Lynch at the [[42nd Primetime Emmy Awards]] on September 16, 1990, where ''Twin Peaks'' was nominated for fourteen awards. He was nominated for directing and co-writing the [[Pilot (Twin Peaks)|pilot episode]].]]

{{Television critical response
| rotten_tomatoes1 = 91% (118 reviews)
| metacritic1      = 96 (17 reviews)

| rotten_tomatoes2 = 65% (175 reviews)
| metacritic2      = 95 (2 reviews)

| rotten_tomatoes3 = 94% (460 reviews)
| metacritic3      = 83 (45 reviews)
}}
For its first season, ''Twin Peaks'' received fourteen nominations at the [[42nd Primetime Emmy Awards]], for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]], [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]] (Kyle MacLachlan), [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]] (Piper Laurie), [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]] ([[Sherilyn Fenn]]), [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]] (David Lynch), [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]] (David Lynch and Mark Frost), Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Harley Peyton), 
[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series|Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series]] ([[Patricia Norris]] and Leslie Morales), [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music|Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music]] (Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch), [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)|Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)]] (Angelo Badalamenti), [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics|Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics]] (Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch), and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)|Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series]].<ref name="emmys"/>

Out of its fourteen nominations, it won for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series|Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama or Comedy Series]] (Patricia Norris) and Outstanding Editing for a Series – [[Single-camera setup|Single Camera]] Production.<ref name="emmys">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/twin-peaks |title=Twin Peaks |website=Emmys.com |access-date=October 9, 2014 |archive-date=October 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015105555/http://www.emmys.com/shows/twin-peaks |url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the first season received a 91 percent approval rating with an average score of 8.95 out of 10 based on 118 reviews, with a critics consensus of: "''Twin Peaks'' plays with TV conventions to deliver a beguiling – and unsettling – blend of seemingly disparate genres, adding up to an offbeat drama with a distinctly unique appeal."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/twin_peaks/s01 |title=Twin Peaks: Season 1 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006160051/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/twin_peaks/s01 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Metacritic]] scored the season 96 out of 100 based on 17 reviews.<ref name="metacritic1">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/twin-peaks/season-1 |title=Twin Peaks: Season 1 |website=Metacritic |access-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006160434/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/twin-peaks/season-1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

For its second season, it received four nominations at the [[43rd Primetime Emmy Awards]], for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Kyle MacLachlan), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Piper Laurie), Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series, and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)|Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series]].<ref name="emmys"/> On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season received a 65 percent approval rating with an average score of 7.65 out of 10 based on 175 reviews, with a critics consensus of: "''Twin Peaks'' answers its central question with diminishing returns while struggling to establish worthy new mysteries, but there are enough mesmeric flourishes to keep devotees dreaming of what lies in the Red Room."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/twin_peaks/s02 |title=Twin Peaks: Season 2 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007122353/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/twin_peaks/s02 |url-status=live }}</ref>

At the [[48th Golden Globe Awards]], it won for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama|Best Television Series – Drama]], Kyle MacLachlan won for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series – Drama]], Piper Laurie won for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV]]; while Sherilyn Fenn was nominated in the same category as Laurie.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://goldenglobes.com/tv-show/twin-peaks/ |title=Twin Peaks |website=Golden Globes |access-date=January 15, 2025 |archive-date=January 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117124052/https://goldenglobes.com/tv-show/twin-peaks/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The pilot episode was ranked 25th on ''[[TV Guide]]''{{'}}s 1997 [[100 Greatest Episodes of All Time]].<ref>{{cite journal |year=1997 |title=Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time |journal=[[TV Guide]] |issue=June 28 – July 4}}</ref> It placed 49th on ''Entertainment Weekly''{{'s}} "New TV Classics" list.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The New Classics: TV|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/06/18/new-classics-tv/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 21, 2012|date=June 18, 2007|archive-date=October 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020093840/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20207339%2C00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004 and 2007, ''Twin Peaks'' was ranked 20th and 24th on ''TV Guide''{{'}}s Top Cult Shows Ever,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/twin-peaks-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-tvs-strangest-series-30645855.html|title=Twin Peaks: 10 things you didn't know about TV's strangest series|work=Irish Independent|first=Darragh|last=McManus|date=July 10, 2014|access-date=October 9, 2014|archive-date=October 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008043846/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/twin-peaks-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-tvs-strangest-series-30645855.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/top-cult-shows-40239.aspx|title=TV Guide Names the Top Cult Shows Ever|work=TV Guide|date=June 29, 2007|access-date=July 11, 2011|archive-date=August 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812080754/http://www.tvguide.com/news/top-cult-shows-40239.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2002, it was ranked 45th of the "[[TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time|Top 50 Television Programs of All Time]]" by the same guide.<ref name="tvguide">{{cite news |last=Cosgrove-Mather |first=Bootie |title=''TV Guide'' Names Top 50 Shows |work=[[CBS News]] |date=April 26, 2002 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tv-guide-names-top-50-shows/ |access-date=October 30, 2007 |archive-date=September 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904061715/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/26/entertainment/main507388.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, UK broadcaster [[Channel 4]] ranked ''Twin Peaks'' 9th on their list of the "50 Greatest TV Dramas".<ref name="Matthewman">{{cite web |last=Matthewman |first=Scott |date=March 6, 2007 |url=http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2007/03/the-50-greatest-tv-dramas/ |title=The 50 greatest TV dramas |work=The Stage |access-date=October 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611060852/http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2007/03/the-50-greatest-tv-dramas/ |archive-date=June 11, 2008}}</ref> In 2007, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' included the show on their list of the "100 Best TV Shows of All-Time".<ref name="Time 100">{{cite magazine |url=http://entertainment.time.com/2007/09/06/the-100-best-tv-shows-of-all-time/slide/twin-peaks-2/ |title=The 100 Best TV Shows of All-''TIME'' |first=James |last=Poniewozik |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=March 4, 2010 |date=September 6, 2007 |archive-date=October 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022130316/http://entertainment.time.com/2007/09/06/the-100-best-tv-shows-of-all-time/slide/twin-peaks-2/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' listed ''Twin Peaks'' as the 24th best TV show in their list of "The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/50greatesttv/default.asp?tv=24 |title=Empire Features |work=Empire |access-date=November 1, 2010 |archive-date=November 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105061606/http://www.empireonline.com/50greatesttv/default.asp?tv=24 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, ''Entertainment Weekly'' listed the show at no.&nbsp;12 in the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years", saying: "The show itself was only fitfully brilliant and ultimately unfulfilling, but the cult lives, fueled by nostalgia for the extraordinary pop phenomenon it inspired, for its significance to the medium (behold the big bang of auteur TV!), and for a sensuous strangeness that possesses you and never lets you go."<ref name="25 best"/> The series has been nominated for the [[TCA Heritage Award]] six consecutive years since 2010, winning the award in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/empire-and-transparent-top-2015-tca-award-nominations-31st-annual-awards-twin-peaks-up-for-heritage-award-20150604 |title='Empire' and 'Transparent' Top 2015 TCA Award Nominations, 'Twin Peaks' Up for Heritage Award |first=Ben |last=Travers |work=Indiewire |date=June 4, 2015 |access-date=June 5, 2015 |archive-date=June 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608033946/http://www.indiewire.com/article/empire-and-transparent-top-2015-tca-award-nominations-31st-annual-awards-twin-peaks-up-for-heritage-award-20150604 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Longeretta |first=Emily |date=2024-07-13 |title='Shogun' and 'Hacks' Dominate TCA Awards, Andre Braugher and 'Twin Peaks' Receive Top Honors: Full Winners List |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/tca-awards-winners-2024-full-list-1236066776/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713023427/https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/tca-awards-winners-2024-full-list-1236066776/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was ranked 20th on ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''{{'}}s list of Hollywood's 100 Favorite TV Shows.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-ever-top-819499 |title=Hollywood's 100 Favorite TV Shows |date=September 16, 2015 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=September 29, 2016 |archive-date=September 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919022923/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-ever-top-819499 |url-status=live}}</ref>