My birth year! I definitely didn't know what the hell was going on with television at the time, never mind just how seismic it was. People really started to reckon with the consequences of watching stories about irredeemable people. But it was also a lesson in how the most popular shows of the time would be stalwarts forever. Nothing like Cheers has persevered the same way that binge-worthy shows from 1994 onward have. 1998 is distinctly representative of that notion.
Honored: Franklin, Whose Line, Simpsons, MST3K