Subject: Lynch asks TP fans for help
From: marcos@netcom.COM (Marcos H. Woehrmann)
Date: 1991-02-26, 10:34
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks,rec.arts.tv,ba.general

Hello,
 
The following is an article from the AP wire in which David Lynch asks
fans to write ABC Entertainment "and demand the soap opera return in a
week-night time slot."
 
The person to write is:
 
Bob Iger, President
ABC Entertainment
2040 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA  90067
 
You might also wish to call him at 213/557-7777
or fax him at 213/557-7160.

marcos

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                     'TWIN PEAKS' ASKS FANS' HELP
 
     CALLING all "Twin Peaks" fans.  ABC's bizarre, nighttime soap opera
is in trouble, and its creators are looking for help.
 
     David Lynch and Mark Frost are asking fans to write letters
protesting the network's decision to place the serires on hiatus.
 
     "We feel there are people out there that really love 'Twin Peaks,'"
Lynch told reporters Friday.  "We're in trouble, and we need their
help."
 
     A week earlier, the network announced the series would be pulled
following Saturday's episode.  The season's remaining six shows will be
broadcast at later, undisclosed dates.
 
     Global Television, the Canadian licensee of "Twin Peaks," reported
receiving more than 700 calls after the announcement.  An ABC
spokeswoman declined to disclose the number of calls received, but said
the figure was "roughly comparable."
 
     Lynch and Frost beseeched fans to write ABC Entertainment President
Bob Iger (2040 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, 90067) and demand the
soap opera return in a week-night time slot.
 
     In September, the much-ballyhooed series about a fictional
Northwest lumber town as moved from Thursdays to Saturdays to reclaim
the weekend from the ever-encroaching cable and video rental markets.
 
     The strategy failed.  Despite a loyal cluster of fans, "Twin Peaks"
plummeted to the bottom of the A.C.  Nielsen Co.  ratings.
 
     Lynch said the show's Saturday time slot presented a dilemma for
most "Peaks Freaks," who are not home to watch it.
 
     "Partying is very important to a great (many) people," he said.
 
     Since its debut, "Twin Peaks" has been praised by critics but
ignored by viewers.  Its rating consistently declined even before ABC
moved its time period.
 

-- Marcos H. Woehrmann {claris|apple}!netcom!marcos | marcos@netcom.COM Oh, I'm sure you've heard it all before, but remember it's not what you say, it's how you say it, and how much you're paid to do so, and besides who's listening anyway. No one, that's who, because it's all been said and done and done and done and done to death. Let's talk about art, said the fool to the idiot. --Lydia Lunch