i think that the idea of worrying about the future of the fanbase is incredibly silly. that being said, this is a show that will never be significantly popular again, barring some kind of prime-time remake or something. it's WAY too hard to get into. honestly, look around you at work, how many people do you know that would "get" this show. now cut that number in half (because you're probably wrong). that's the percentage of people who could ever possibly like TP. we're blessed to hgave as many lovely people to converse with as we do.

that being said, this is a show that will never be significantly popular again, barring some kind of prime-time remake or something.

A really big shoe - Ed Sullivan.

treated like classics and treasured for decades or even centuries to come. But just like classic literature, I suspect the fan base will be limited to those with a taste for it. Not everyone likes Shakespeare.

I wonder what Shakespeare's cred would be today if he introduced the world to Little Nicky and Civil War Ben.

treated like classics and treasured for decades or even centuries to come. But just like classic literature, I suspect the fan base will be limited to those with a taste for it. Not everyone likes Shakespeare.

I wonder what Shakespeare's cred would be today if he introduced the world to Little Nicky and Civil War Ben.That depends on how you mean it, in one way it probably wouldn't be so big because he'd be a writer for television, but in the other case, if he's done it in his own time he probably would have done a better job than the TP people.
Then he'd be burned for knowing about a civil war in the future.

I think I was 6 or 7 when it came out in the UK, im born in 1980. First saw it before I was 10 definately, cant remember what year we got it in the UK, I recall watching it with my older brother on BBC2 when it came out over here 

Just checked the IMDB site, they say that Twin Peaks came out in the UK in 1990 so I would have been 10

I reckon there is a strong fanbase of people in their mid twenties to late thirties who were kids or teenagers when the series was originally aired.  

I think stuff you watch and "get in to" in your formative years make a big impression, in a way that TV and films you watch as an adult just don't - I watched Withnail and I, Twin Peaks and The Goonies as a kid / teen, and have such a deep affection for those shows and films, maybe cos they made such an impression cos of my age, and they continue to remind me of my past.   I was an adult when i watched Blue Velvet, MD and other Lynch works and they will NEVER capture my imagination in the same way, purely cos I was an adult when i came by them.

I think us Peaks fans will stay loyal til we are old and grey, and maybe the series won't have such an active following in 60 years when we are gone, but I don't think it will be forgotten, I think there will always be some off the wall kid or cool auntie who introduces their mates or family to TP.

I also think it will last because it is deliberately styled in a retro, quirky way, so it won't date, because it already looks deliberately dated.   When you look at how dated a series like Lost will look in 50 years, because all the styling is contemporary, Twin Peaks won't suffer from that, as it looked very kitsch and '50's from the word go.

My kids will be watching Twin Peaks or they will get kicked out.

 I wish i could've rememberd watching this show but i dont recall ever seeing it as a kid and i used to watch a lot of TV.

Our generation will always love it and rewatch it i imagine until the day we die. Then our kids can see it after that who knows. It will probably be seen as being a little lame but we'll all be on Mars by then.

It's still early days but they have stopped showing Flintstones on tv and that is being forgotten i imagine the Simpsons will go down the same path.