Not to mention that Showtime managed to sell the rights to Twin Peaks beyond the spheres reached by several of its other shows, and here and there insider story have mentioned the fact they didn't sell the rights for cheap (explaining why in many countries the deals were concluded fairly last minute). In Canada, the deal for the rights was folded into a multi year global deal between Bell and Showtime for all the Showtime content not currently held up elsewhere (like for eg: Shameless).eyeboogers wrote:Also we now know (via Nevis in a recent interview) that the per episode budget of "Twin Peaks" is comparable to most other Showtime series. It is hard to imagine that "Twin Peaks" will not draw bigger crowds and/or media attention than f.ex. "Billions".
My guess is that financially, Twin Peak is already a success, profitable or well on its way to become profitable. We've got no numbers, but I guess we've all heard a lot about people subscribing to one service or another to watch TP. And that's before the physical and digital sales that will come after the series is over only. And then, as a "complete", self-contained (but still expendable) franchise, it has the potential to keep selling well for many years.
Critical reception and especially fan reception are more likely to impact the future of the project, IMHO, than purely financial issues. I think David and Mark might be tempted to continue if they truly sense a wave of enthusiasm for more Twin Peaks, and to give up if they sense The Return has a too lukewarm (or worse) reception with fans.
