List of awards and nominations received by Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks is an American mystery-horror drama television series, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, that aired on the ABC network from April 8, 1990 to June 10, 1991. The series centers on the investigation into the murder of popular schoolgirl Laura Palmer in the small rural town in Washington state after which the series is named.

List of awards and nominations for Twin Peaks

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Aftonbladets TV-pris 2 2 American Society of Cinematographers Awards 0 1 Artios Awards 1 1 BPG TV and Radio Awards 1 1 BRIT Awards 1 1 Directors Guild of America Awards 0 1 Golden Globe Awards 3 4 Grammy Awards 1 2 Los mejores de TP 1 1 Peabody Awards 1 1 Primetime Emmy Awards 2 18 Q Awards 0 1 Satellite Awards 0 1 Saturn Awards 2 2 Soap Opera Digest Awards 0 14 TCA Awards 3 10 Telegatto 1 1 TV Land Awards 0 1
Totals[a]
Wins	18
Nominations	62
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Since the broadcast of the pilot episode, Twin Peaks earned widespread critical acclaim. The show earned a BRIT Award, a Grammy Award, a Peabody Award, three Golden Globe Awards, three TCA Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Kyle MacLachlan received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama. Piper Laurie, who was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards—Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1990 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1991—won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television in 1990.

Awards and nominations

See also: List of awards and nominations received by Twin Peaks: The Return

Awards and nominations received by Twin Peaks

Award	Year[a]	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
Aftonbladets TV-pris	1991	Best Foreign TV Program	Twin Peaks	Won	[1]
		Best Foreign TV Personality – Male	Kyle MacLachlan	Won
American Society of Cinematographers Awards	1991	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot	Ronald Víctor García (for "Northwest Passage")	Nominated	[2]
Artios Awards	1990	Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic	Johanna Ray	Won	[3]
BPG TV and Radio Awards	1991	Best Imported TV Programme	Twin Peaks	Won	[4]
BRIT Awards	1991	Soundtrack/Cast Recording	Soundtrack from Twin Peaks	Won	[5]
Directors Guild of America Awards	1991	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – Night	Leslie Linka Glatter (for "Cooper's Dreams")	Nominated	[6]
Golden Globe Awards	1991	Best Television Series – Drama	Twin Peaks	Won	[7]
		Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama	Kyle MacLachlan	Won
		Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Piper Laurie	Won
		Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Sherilyn Fenn	Nominated
Grammy Awards	1991	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Angelo Badalamenti (for "Twin Peaks Theme")	Won	[8]
		Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television	Angelo Badalamenti (for Soundtrack from Twin Peaks)	Nominated
Los mejores de TP	1991	Best Foreign Series	Twin Peaks	Won	[9]
Peabody Awards	1991	Honoree[b][c]		Honored	[10]
Primetime Emmy Awards	1990	Outstanding Drama Series	Twin Peaks[d]	Nominated	[11]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Kyle MacLachlan	Nominated
		Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Piper Laurie	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Sherilyn Fenn (for "Northwest Passage," "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer" and "Realization Time")	Nominated
		Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series	David Lynch (for "Northwest Passage")	Nominated
		Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series	David Lynch, Mark Frost (for "Northwest Passage")	Nominated
		Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series	Harley Peyton (for "Rest in Pain")	Nominated
	1991	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Kyle MacLachlan (for "Arbitrary Law")	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Piper Laurie (for "Demons" and "Masked Ball")	Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	1990	Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series	Patricia Norris (for "Northwest Passage")	Won
		Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music	Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics	Angelo Badalamenti (music), David Lynch (lyrics) (for "Into the Night")	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)	Angelo Badalamenti (for "Traces to Nowhere")	Nominated
		Outstanding Art Direction for a Series	Patricia Norris, Leslie Morales (for "Northwest Passage")	Nominated
		Outstanding Editing for a Series (Single-Camera Production)	Duwayne Dunham (for "Northwest Passage")	Won
		Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series	John A. Larsen, Matt Sawelson, John Haeny, Pat McCormick, Albert Edmund Lord III, Fred Cipriano, Bruce P. Michaels, Lori L. Eschler (for "The Last Evening")	Nominated
	1991	Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series	Richard Taylor, Pat McCormick, Richard F.W. Davis, Thomas DeGorter, Albert Edmund Lord III, Lori L. Eschler (for "On the Wings of Love")	Nominated
		Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series	Don Summer, Gary Alexander, Adam Jenkins (for "On the Wings of Love")	Nominated
Q Awards	1991	Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series	Kyle MacLachlan	Nominated	[12]
Satellite Awards	2007	Best DVD Release of a TV Show	Twin Peaks (for Season 2)	Nominated	[13]
Saturn Awards	2008	Best Retro Television Series on DVD	Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition	Won	[14]
	2015	Best DVD or Blu-ray Television Series	Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery	Won	[15]
Soap Opera Digest Awards	1991	Outstanding Prime-Time Show	Twin Peaks	Nominated	[16]
		Outstanding Lead Actor – Prime-Time	Kyle MacLachlan	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actor – Prime-Time	Everett McGill	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress – Prime-Time	Mädchen Amick	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress – Prime-Time	Peggy Lipton	Nominated
		Outstanding Hero – Prime-Time	Michael Ontkean	Nominated
		Outstanding Heroine – Prime-Time	Lara Flynn Boyle	Nominated
		Outstanding Villain – Prime-Time	Richard Beymer	Nominated
		Outstanding Villainess – Prime-Time	Piper Laurie	Nominated
		Outstanding Storyline – Prime-Time	Who killed Laura Palmer?	Nominated
	1992	Outstanding Prime-Time Show	Twin Peaks	Nominated	[17]
		Outstanding Actor – Prime-Time	Kyle MacLachlan	Nominated
		Outstanding Actress – Prime-Time	Piper Laurie	Nominated
		Best Death Scene – Prime-Time	Sheryl Lee as Maddy Ferguson	Nominated
TCA Awards	1990	Program of the Year	Twin Peaks	Won	[18]
		Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Twin Peaks	Won
	2010	Heritage Award		Nominated
	2011	Heritage Award		Nominated
	2012	Heritage Award		Nominated
	2013	Heritage Award		Nominated
	2014	Heritage Award		Nominated
	2015	Heritage Award		Nominated
	2016	Heritage Award		Nominated
	2024	Heritage Award		Won
Telegatto	1991	Best Foreign TV Series	Twin Peaks	Won	[19]
TV Land Awards	2006	Favorite Dream Sequence	Dream sequences featuring "The Man From Another Place"	Nominated	[20]

Notes

1. The listed year refers to the date of the ceremony, not necessarily the year in which the corresponding season or episode aired.
2. Presented to Lynch/Frost Productions in association with Propaganda Films and Worldvision Enterprises Inc.
3. Twin Peaks won the Peabody for the episode "Northwest Passage."
4. Nominees: Gregg Fienberg, Mark Frost, David J. Latt, David Lynch