THE CASE FOR 98

How a single year produced the most influential media in history.

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Dawson's Creek
television January 1998
Kevin Williamson

Dawson's Creek

Network The WB
Genre Teen drama, Romance
Seasons 6
Aquemini
music September 1998
Outkast

Aquemini

Runtime 74:47
Felicity
television September 1998
J. J. Abrams, Matt Reeves

Felicity

Network The WB
Genre College drama
Seasons 4
Sports Night
television September 1998
Aaron Sorkin

Sports Night

Network ABC
Genre Comedy drama
Seasons 2
Mezzanine
music April 1998
Massive Attack

Mezzanine

Genre Trip hop, electronica
Label Virgin, Circa
Producer Neil Davidge, Massive Attack
That '70s Show
television August 1998
Bonnie and Terry Turner, Mark Brazill

That '70s Show

Network Fox
Genre Teen sitcom
Seasons 8
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
music August 1998
Lauryn Hill

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Genre Neo soul, R&B
Label Ruffhouse, Columbia
Producer Lauryn Hill, Che Pope, Vada Nobles
Will & Grace
television September 1998
David Kohan, Max Mutchnick

Will & Grace

Network NBC
Genre Sitcom
Seasons 11
Sex and the City season 1
television August 1998
Darren Star

Sex and the City season 1

Network HBO
Episodes 12
Rainbow Six
books August 1998
Tom Clancy

Rainbow Six

Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons
Genre Techno-thriller, Military fiction, Medical fiction, Crime fiction, Realistic fiction }}
Pages 740
Amsterdam
books January 1998
Ian McEwan

Amsterdam

The Hours
books July 1998
Michael Cunningham

The Hours

Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Genre Literary fiction
Pages 230 (hardcover 1st edition)