Twin Peaks

It's no longer unusual for vintage silent films to be shown with live music provided by a pianist, organist or even an orchestra. Occasionally, enterprising presenters host screenings of classic sound films with on-site orchestral backing: “West Side Story” was shown that way in 2011 at the Hollywood Bowl to accompaniment provided by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. It's rare, however, for a cult TV classic to get that kind of treatment, but Brooklyn-based electronic music duo Silent Drape Runners will take a stab at Thursday, Nov. 15, creating a new soundtrack for the premiere episode of David Lynch's ground-breaking 1990s mystery series “Twin Peaks,” replacing the signature music by composer Angelo Badalamenti and prominently featuring singer Julee Cruise.

It's no longer unusual for vintage silent films to be shown with live music provided by a pianist, organist or even an orchestra. Occasionally, enterprising presenters host screenings of classic sound films with on-site orchestral backing: “West Side Story” was shown that way in 2011 at the Hollywood Bowl to accompaniment provided by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. It's rare, however, for a cult TV classic to get that kind of treatment, but Brooklyn-based electronic music duo Silent Drape Runners will take a stab at Thursday, Nov. 15, creating a new soundtrack for the premiere episode of David Lynch's ground-breaking 1990s mystery series “Twin Peaks,” replacing the signature music by composer Angelo Badalamenti and prominently featuring singer Julee Cruise.

TV Times had such an overwhelming response to the Sept. 2 question on "Twin Peaks" (see responses below) we're going to give Peakies another shot to sound off. This time, tell us what you think about the season debut, a two-hour episode Sunday at 9 p.m. on ABC. (The second show also airs this week, Saturday at 10 p.m.) Watch the opener and tell us if it was all you'd hoped for in the continuing saga of Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan, pictured) et al. Or perhaps your time would have been better spent talking to a log..

Although it is based on a popular Danish series, the show that AMC's "The Killing" most quickly evokes — with its brooding skies, ominous waters and complicated murder-mystery cast — is "Twin Peaks," a fact that AMC seems more than happy to leverage. "Who Killed Rosie Larsen?" is the show's promo, a direct homage, or rip-off, of "Who Killed Laura Palmer?," a question that kept American audiences enthralled for two seasons (though in hindsight it feels like more.) But "The Killing," which premieres Sunday, is not "Twin Peaks," nor was it meant to be; although they both revolve around the murder of a young girl under the lachrymose skies of Washington state, the similarities end there.

Doughnut freaks and caffeine addicts rejoice, the crazy, mystifying story of "Twin Peaks" resumes Sunday at 9 p.m. on ABC (7)(3)(10)(42). When we last left the woody town, the mill was on fire, Laura Palmer's killer was still on the loose, Agent Cooper (Kyle Mac Lachlan) had been shot and Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn) was tied up in a brothel awaiting the ravages of her TV father played by Richard Beymer.

WOW. I was glad to see Dennis Lim's article on "Twin Peaks" finally getting a proper DVD release [" 'Twin Peaks' Gets Its Due at Last," Oct. 28]. Then I was horrified to see two-thirds of the way down the page that he reveals the "who" of the whodunit aspect of the series. With no spoiler warning? That is outrageous and unacceptable. Pink Frankenstein Los Angeles

What would seem an idea right out of "Mission Impossible"--a one-hour recapitulation of last season's many plot twists on "Twin Peaks"--has been canceled, ABC said Thursday. ABC originally planned to air on Sept. 29 a show that would have recapped important points in the surreal saga of sex, murder and doughnuts in a small logging hamlet in Washington state. The series now is in summer repeats.

"Twin Peaks," ABC's quirky new soap opera--a mix of horror and humor set in a small town--won overwhelming viewer approval in the nation's larger TV markets in its two-hour debut Sunday. Preceded by an avalanche of critical acclaim that praised its originality, "Twin Peaks" averaged 33% of the audience for the entire program, overnight ratings for 23 major markets showed Monday.

"Twin Peaks," the eccentric television series set in the Pacific Northwest, seems to have enticed a number of American men's wear designers into its small but loyal audience. At the annual Men's Fashion Assn. gathering in Rye, N.Y., which ended over the weekend, macho undercurrents gave force to rugged, manly styles reminiscent of an Oregon lumberjack.

Hello again, everybody, and welcome to another season of major league baseball, starring the arm of Nolan Ryan, the legs of Rickey Henderson, the wheels of Jose Canseco, the hands of Kevin Mitchell, the head of Darryl Strawberry, the love handles of Cecil Fielder, the lip of Roger Clemens, the poker face of Lenny Dykstra and the pet peeves of Marge Schott, man's best friend. And no longer starring the famous Mr. Fernando Valenzuela, the even more famous Mr. Bo Jackson and the infamous Mr.

Video-rental giant Netflix last week announced a two-year licensing deal with CBS that will make a host of recent and ancient series ? including such CBS-distributed series as "Twin Peaks," which aired on ABC, and "Cheers" and "Star Trek," from NBC ? available to stream. It joins Amazon.com, now offering "unlimited instant videos" to its Prime members (who pay a premium for free, faster shipping of solid objects) and Hulu's Hulu Plus, which makes available scores of current and back-catalog series from part-owners NBC, ABC and Fox, among others, in a brewing war of video subscription services.

Don S. Davis, a college professor who found a second career as a character actor, gaining notice for his roles in TV's "Stargate: SG-1" and "Twin Peaks," died of a heart attack June 29 at his home in Gibsons, Canada. He was 65. Davis was teaching theater arts at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in the early 1980s when he decided to pursue acting as a profession. A native of the Missouri Ozarks who had served in the U.S.

WOW. I was glad to see Dennis Lim's article on "Twin Peaks" finally getting a proper DVD release [" 'Twin Peaks' Gets Its Due at Last," Oct. 28]. Then I was horrified to see two-thirds of the way down the page that he reveals the "who" of the whodunit aspect of the series. With no spoiler warning? That is outrageous and unacceptable. Pink Frankenstein Los Angeles

For a series so widely acknowledged as a television landmark, David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" has received conspicuously shoddy treatment on the home-video front. The eight-episode first season was released in 2001 without the pilot; the second (and final) season arrived on DVD only last spring after extensive delays.

IF the point of a thriller is, after all, "to thrill," how much other stuff can you fit in? Especially when the other stuff -- character, theme, setting, ambiguity -- is really what novels are about, or at least what they can do better than the movies. If you're Mark Frost, former "Hill Street Blues" writer and "Twin Peaks" co-creator, you keep your plot moving, and you keep everything else lean and mean. Characters explain themselves pretty quickly. Descriptions are swift and efficient.

Frights: Chiller, a cable network devoted to horror movies and TV, sprinkled with suspense, will crawl up from the crypt March 1. Initial fare on the NBC Universal channel will include the series "Friday the 13th," "Twin Peaks," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Tales From the Crypt."

TV or not TV . . . DOUBLE PUMP: ABC gives its big gamble of the season, "Cop Rock," a two-night launching this week. Steven Bochco's musical police drama not only debuts Wednesday, its regular night, but has its premiere repeated Saturday. It's on at 10 p.m. both days. Saturday's airing is in the same time slot where "Twin Peaks" will be seen weekly this season, starting Oct. 6. ABC's trying to woo young adults away from their VCRs on Saturdays with unique, late-night shows.

IN the relatively short history of rock criticism, the 1975 appearance of Greil Marcus' first book, "Mystery Train," was an explosion as unexpected and indelible as the first records Elvis Presley had cut for Sun almost exactly 20 years before. (The title was lifted from one of Elvis' more bracing Sun sides.

James Booth, 77, a British character actor perhaps best remembered by American audiences for his role as ex-convict Ernie Miles on television's "Twin Peaks," died of unspecified causes Aug. 11 at his home in Essex, England. Booth took the small "Twin Peaks" role while living in Los Angeles as a scriptwriter from the late 1970s into the 1990s. He also appeared in such American films as the 1980 version of "The Jazz Singer" and on the TV series "Charlie's Angels."