Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, March 9, 1991 TAG: 9103090012
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES LENGTH: Short
"We have received thousands of letters from `Twin Peaks' fans urging us to bring the series back," ABC entertainment president Bob Iger said in a statement Thursday. "But the decision to return the show to our schedule on another night was made some time ago."
"Twin Peaks," last broadcast on Feb. 16, will return to its original time slot of 9 p.m. Thursdays starting March 28. Six new episodes will air.
The next episode of the surreal soap opera about sex, junk food, and murder in a Pacific Northwest lumber town will recap previous developments, including Josie Packard's death.
When Iger announced he was placing the weird drama on hiatus, its small but loyal audience responded with letters, press conferences and T-shirts emblazoned with COOP - for "Citizens Opposing the Offing of Peaks," and also the nickname of a key character, FBI Agent Dale Cooper.
Series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost also held their own news conference on "Twin Peaks" set and blamed the show's dwindling viewership on ABC's decision last year to move the series to Saturdays.
Lynch said most fans of the show were out "partying" on Saturday nights.
No decision has been made on whether the series will be on the fall schedule.
by CNB