TV programs from Sept. 21, 1998

here is a list of shows on in 1998-99 it was pretty bad tv back then, I watched 1 network show and it was canceled
after 16 shows, the other few I watched was on the wb.
I bolded one s I watched.
I did watch 2 others,The Magnificent Seven which was also canceled in S-1, and 3rd rock which was on for awhile,
I watched 1st 2 seasons of that.

Back then no cable shows like today, except maybe the sopranos, which I didnt care for.
I watched the ST shows on upn, but voyager was hard to watch due to capt janeway. Enterprise was so so.
so didnt watch much on upn except later buffy and Roswell jumped to upn.
I dont see Roswell on the list so it must have come on in 1999-2000 season, and maybe angel came on then too.

Here are Nielsen Media Research's cumulative viewer ratings for TV
programs from Sept. 21, 1998, to May 26, 1999. The first number is
the show's rating, the second is its share of households. One rating
point represents 970,000 households.
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1. ER (NBC) 17.8/29
2. Friends (NBC) 15.7/26
3. Frasier (NBC) 15.6/24
4. NFL Monday Night Football (ABC) 14/22
5. Veronica's Closet (NBC) 13.7/21
5. Jesse (NBC) 13.7/22
7. 60 Minutes (CBS) 13.2/22
8. Touched By an Angel (CBS) 13.1/20
9. CBS Sunday Movie (CBS) 12/19
10. 20/20 (Wednesday) (ABC) 11.1/19
11. Home Improvement (ABC) 11/18
12. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) 10.6/16
13. NYPD Blue (ABC) 10.5/18
14. Law & Order (NBC) 10.1/17
15. 20/20 (Friday) (ABC) 9.9/18
15. Drew Carey Show (ABC) 9.9/16
17. Dateline (Friday) (NBC) 9.8/17
17. JAG (CBS) 9.8/16
17. Providence (NBC) 9.8/18
20. CBS Tuesday Movie (CBS) 9.7/16
20. Dateline (Tuesday) (NBC) 9.7/17
20. Dateline (Monday) (NBC) 9.7/16
20. NFL Pregame Show (ABC) 9.7/16
20. Becker (CBS) 9.7/14
25. Ally McBeal (Fox) 9.6/14
26. Dharma & Greg (ABC) 9.3/16
27. Walker, Texas Ranger (CBS) 9.2/17
27. Spin City (ABC) 9.2/14
29. NBC Sunday Movie (NBC) 9.1/14
29. X-Files (Fox) 9.1/14
31. Diagnosis Murder (CBS) 9/14
31. 60 Minutes II (CBS) 9/14
33. Dateline (Wednesday) (NBC) 8.9/15
33. The Practice (ABC) 8.9/15
35. Will & Grace (NBC) 8.8/14
36. Just Shoot Me (NBC) 8.7/14
37. Cosby (CBS) 8.6/14
37. The King of Queens (CBS) 8.6/13
39. The Hughleys (ABC) 8.5/13
39. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (ABC) 8.5/13
41. 20/20 (Monday) (ABC) 8.3/13
42. Nash Bridges (CBS) 8.2/15
42. Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (ABC) 8.2/13
42. The Secret Lives of Men (ABC) 8.2/13
42. 20/20 (Sunday) (ABC) 8.2/12
46. The Simpsons (Fox) 8.1/13
46. Promised Land (CBS) 8.1/13
46. Dateline (Friday) (NBC) 8.1/15
46. Amazing Videos (NBC) 8.1/13
46. The Norm Show (ABC) 8.1/13
51. ABC Monday Movie (ABC) 8/12
51. 48 Hours (CBS) 8/13
53. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (ABC) 7.8/14
53. Sons of Thunder (CBS) 7.8/15
55. Dateline (Sunday) (NBC) 7.7/12
55. L.A. Doctors (CBS) 7.7/13
55. Family Guy (Fox) 7.7/12
58. Kids Say the Darndest Things (CBS) 7.6/14
58. Candid Camera (CBS) 7.6/14
60. Mad About You (NBC) 7.5/12
60. Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) 7.5/14
60. Chicago Hope (CBS) 7.5/13
60. Sports Night (ABC) 7.5/12
64. It's Like, You Know (ABC) 7.4/12
65. Boy Meets World (ABC) 7.2/13
65. Party of Five (Fox) 7.2/11
65. Wonderful World of Disney (ABC) 7.2/12
65. Two of a Kind (ABC) 7.2/13
65. Turks (CBS) 7.2/11
70. Martial Law (CBS) 7.1/13
71. NewsRadio (NBC) 7/11
71. The Brian Benben Show (CBS) 7/10
71. That '70s Show (Fox) 7/11
74. 3rd Rock From the Sun (NBC) 6.9/11
74. Suddenly Susan (NBC) 6.9/11
74. Working (NBC) 6.9/11
74. Brother's Keeper (ABC) 6.9/12
78. Beverly Hills, 90210 (Fox) 6.8/11
78. Dateline (Sunday) (NBC) 6.8/11
78. Early Edition (CBS) 6.8/13
81. The Nanny (CBS) 6.7/11
81. The Magnificent Seven (CBS) 6.7/11
83. Caroline in the City (NBC) 6.5/10
83. The Pretender (NBC) 6.5/12
83. Unsolved Mystery (CBS) 6.5/12
83. World's Scariest Police Videos (Fox) 6.5/10
87. Cops 2 (Fox) 6.4/12
88. Maggie Winters (CBS) 6.3/10
89. Melrose Place (Fox) 6.2/10
89. Conrad Bloom (NBC) 6.2/9
89. Everything's Relative (NBC) 6.2/10
92. ABC Thursday Movie (ABC) 6.1/10
92. America's Most Wanted (Fox) 6.1/11
92. The Profiler (NBC) 6.1/11
95. Encore! Encore! (NBC) 6/9
95. Trinity (NBC) 6/11
97. To Have and to Hold (CBS) 5.9/9
97. Buddy Faro (CBS) 5.9/11
97. Guinness Books of World Records (Fox) 5.9/10
97. Futurama (Fox) 5.9/10
101. PJ's (Fox) 5.7/9
101. Payne (CBS) 5.7/9
105. ABC Saturday Movie (ABC) 5.4/10
105. Lateline (NBC) 5.4/8
105. King of the Hill (Fox) 5.4/8
108. King of the Hill (Fox) 5.3/9
108. ABC News: Crime (ABC) 5.3/9
110. 7th Heaven (WB) 5.1/8
111. Vengeance Unlimited (ABC) 5/8
112. America's Home Videos (ABC) 4.8/8
112. World's Funniest Videos (Tuesday) (Fox) 4.8/8
114. World's Funniest Videos (Fox) 4.6/8
114. Strange World (ABC) 4.6/8
116. Millennium (Fox) 4.4/8
117. Wind on Water (NBC) 4.2/8
117. Cupid (ABC) 4.2/7
119. Fantasy Island (ABC) 4/7
120. Dawson's Creek (WB) 3.9/6
120. Costello (Fox) 3.9/6
120. Brimstone (Fox) 3.9/7
123. Charmed (WB) 3.8/6
124. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (WB) 3.6/6
125. The Big Moment (ABC) 3.5/7
126. Star Trek: Voyager (UPN) 3.4/5
127. Holding the Baby (Fox) 3.3/5
128. Felicity (WB) 3.2/5
129. The Steve Harvey Show (WB) 3/5
130. The Jamie Foxx Show (WB) 2.8/5
130. Smart Guy (WB) 2.8/4
130. Getting Personal (Fox) 2.8/5
130. Living in Captivity (Fox) 2.8/6
130. For Your Love (WB) 2.8/4
130. Rescue 77 (WB) 2.8/4
136. Sister, Sister (WB) 2.7/4
136. 7th Heaven (WB) 2.7/5
138. The Wayans Brothers (WB) 2.6/4
139. Unhappily Ever After (WB) 2.5/4
139. Moesha (UPN) 2.5/4
141. 7 Days (UPN) 2.4/4
141. Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (WB) 2.4/4
143. Dilbert (UPN) 2.3/4
144. Hyperion Bay (WB) 2.2/3
145. Clueless (UPN) 2.1/3
146. The Army Show (WB) 2/3
147. Malcolm & Eddie (UPN) 1.9/3
147. Between Brothers (UPN) 1.9/3
147. RedHanded (UPN) 1.9/3
147. Family Rules (UPN) 1.9/3
151. Malcolm & Eddie (UPN) 1.8/3
151. UPN Thursday Movie (UPN) 1.8/3
153. The Sentinel (UPN) 1.7/3
154. In the House (UPN) 1.6/3
154. Guys Like Us (UPN) 1.6/3
154. America's Greatest Pets (UPN) 1.6/3
157. Love Boat (UPN) 1.5/3
157. Mercy Point (UPN) 1.5/2
157. America's Greatest Pets I (UPN) 1.5/3
160. DiResta (UPN) 1.4/2
160. The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (UPN) 1.4/2
160. Legacy (UPN) 1.4/2
163. Home Movies (UPN) 1.3/2
164. Reunited (UPN) 1.1/2
165. Diagnosis Murder (PAX) 1/2
166. Touched by an Angel (PAX) 0.8/1
167. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (PAX) 0.7/1
168. Animals Are People Too (PAX) 0.5/1
168. Little Men (PAX) 0.5/1
170. It's a Miracle (PAX) 0.4/1
170. PAX-TV Sunday Movie (PAX) 0.4/1
170. Flipper (PAX) 0.4/1
170. Little Men (PAX) 0.4/1
174. Highway to Heaven (PAX) 0.3/1
175. I'll Fly Away (PAX) 0.2/0
175. Neon Rider (PAX) 0.2/0

yeah here is following year  the wb shows

Of note Felicity is the 1st show by JJ abrams, he co created it wrote pilot and concept, his 2nd show was Alias
After that, lost and then he got into a bunch of shows and movies.

Bavk then wb was the only good channel for fantasy shows. or even likable drama.

So network tv has gotten better, just most of the good ones still get canceled too soon.

123  Get Real                              Fox    3.8     6
123  Wasteland                             ABC    3.8     6
125  Harsh Realm                           Fox    3.6     6
126  Charmed                               WB     3.4     5
126  Star Trek: Voyager                    UPN    3.4     5
128  Action                                Fox    3.3     5
129  Angel                                 WB     3.2     5
129  Buffy, the Vampire Slayer             WB     3.2     5
131  Dawson's Creek                        WB     3.0     5
131  Safe Harbor                           WB     3.0     4
133  The Parkers                           UPN    2.7     4
134  Roswell                               WB     2.6     4
134  7th Heaven (9 p.m.)                   WB     2.6     4
136  Moesha                                UPN    2.4     4
137  Grown Ups                             UPN    2.3     3
138  7 Days                                UPN    2.2     4
138  Felicity                              WB     2.2     3