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...TWIN PEAKS (ABC, Saturdays, 10 p.m. EST). Who killed Laura Palmer? Viewers who had grown sick of the question were, if nothing else, relieved when it was apparently laid to rest two weeks ago, as Laura's father (animated by the evil spirit known as Bob) stepped forward and took the rap. Is there life after Laura for Peaks freaks? This season's inert, slowly paced premiere (directed with an uncharacteristic lack of flair by creator David Lynch) almost sank the ship before it left port. But things have picked up since then. Among the high points: Lynch himself...
...much of the potential of the medium, and the depth of line and color was uniform in the two prints displayed. The bland centerpiece of the series, the plate itself, was diverting only in that it presented this commonplace image inverted. Ruivivar attempted to distinguish one print from its twin by printing it over a pale yellow box previously printed on the paper, but this did not enrich or even qualitatively distinguish the work...
...wasn't for [Hughes], it probably would have been a bigger win for us," said fellow second-liner Mark Bavis, who with his twin Mike trailed Hughes by only a year at Catholic Memorial, a traditional power in the Division I Catholic League. Harvard Captain Ted Donato also attended...
...Twin Peaks, in its new Saturday-night time slot, is languishing in 75th place in the ratings for the season to date, averaging a paltry 16% share of the viewing audience. Yet ABC's chief of programming hails the show as "a great ratings success...
...main challenge for the networks, however, is to find ways of wooing back viewers who seem bored by the sameness of network programming. The success of such offbeat shows as The Simpsons and Twin Peaks early this year demonstrated that these viewers will perk up for formula-breaking fare. The result, say many TV producers, has been a rather confused quest for unusual shows. "The question is always, 'Why is this show different?' " says David Gerber, president of MGM/UA Television. "((Network programmers)) are worried that they might get a well-executed show but that it won't be different enough...