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Originally Posted by Chuck Bass
Does anyone know how the show's been doing numbers-wise? Seems like almost nobody here is watching, such a shame because the show is GOAT.
Is it just me or did Dark Coop seem way more... humane in the last ep? He showed more emotion than usual while talking to Jeffries, and seemed almost fatherly with Richard.
Can't believe it's all almost over... been such a great ride.
RIP Margaret
Traditional ratings are very bad but apparently that's not too important for a model like Showtime's and their spin is that they had their biggest ever subscriber spike with the series and more people are streaming Twin Peaks than other Showtime shows. That's good to hear because with traditional ratings something like Ray Donovan is more popular (there is some conflicted part of me who wants more success for the show who still wish it had been Netflix or maybe HBO after GOT but of course only if Lynch had the same kind of freedom.)
Even bigwig Les Moonves recently singled it out as a CBS moneymaking factor:
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CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves said in the announcement that the new "Twin Peaks" show "boosted OTT subscriptions dramatically" for the Showtime streaming service,
With the early hype and coverage I also think more than any other Showtime show that they've been able to sell it worldwide where they aren't present themselves.
Like to SKY channels in many places or HBO Nordic here.
But of course, something like this, avantgarde art really, like never seen on tv ever, can't really be a big hit? And it's also my impression, that apart from large groups just quickly deciding, this just isn't for them, a group of either casual fans who sort of remember the old Twin Peaks vibe fondly or hardcore fans of the aspects of the old show that you certainly didn't get in the beginning this time around, more or less despise the new series.
It certainly has fans who absolute love it also though. I've been hopelessly living and breathing it to such an extend that I've even been seeking out and lurking other places (apart from reddit of course, neogaf or hipinion forums) where discussions are lively and it definitely has life out there, twitter buzz also at times (though now GOT has totally taken over obviously), and large part of these people seem to be more and more convinced that this is the best thing ever.
Reviews have somehow also almost never been outright bad and often very good culminating with part 8 being hailed as a groundbreaking masterpiece many places.
For me, this is simply 18 hours from one of the greatest filmmakers and I really do believe that it will be remembered or even canonized as a unique masterpiece the coming years with more and more people gradually seeking it out, despite what I would say, with the original+the movie, a very steep getting into it or learning curve if you will, and sometime in that process quitting it.
Last edited by Bjørn; 08-23-2017 at 09:03 AM.