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.NET Show
The '''.NET Show''' is a [[television]] show put out(formerly '''MSDN Show''') is an Internet [[webcast]] released by the[[Microsoft Developer Network]] ('''MSDN''') and made available via the Internet, in which guests come on and talk about). It released its first episode in 1999 and changed its name to ".NET Show" on the 11th episode on February 21 2001.<ref name"namechange">[http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/en-us/theshow/Episode011/default.asp MSDN Library Archive: What is .NET?]</ref> It is broadcasted and distributed via the Internet.<ref name="archive">[http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/theshow/Archive.asp The .NET Show Archive]</ref> Guests from Microsoft come on stage and discuss specific topics of interest to developers, in particular issues connected to [[Microsoft]]'s [[.NET Framework|.NET]] technology.⏎
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  The show is hosted by [[Robert Hess]] and co-hosted by Erica Wiechers. It ended its last episode on August 14 2007.<ref name="last episode">[http://blogs.msdn.com/theshow/archive/2007/08/14/the-net-show-the-final-episode-silverlight.aspx The .NET Show: The Final Episode - Silverlight]</ref>

==Segments==
A typical .NET Show is comprised of five segments,<ref name="showoverview">[http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/overview.aspx The .NET Show Home Overview of the Show]</ref> of which four are main. The episodes usually start with a brief introduction from Robert Hess and Erica Wiechers, after which Erica presents a news report titled ''MSDN News Update'',<ref name="showoverview"/> reporting on the latest Microsoft news. Robert then introduces guests for the show at ''Techno-Babble'',<ref name="showoverview"/> providing an overview and insight of a chosen Microsoft technology or topic. After approximately 35 mintues, a session break is then presented called ''Diversionary Tactics'',<ref name="showoverview"/> often featuring trivia of Microsoft. At the beginning of the second half of the program, Robert Hess returns with two (usually new) guests for ''Enter the Programmer'',<ref name="showoverview"/> which begins demonstrations on code programming for the technology discussed in Techno-Babble. The program then enters into an interview session called ''[email protected]'', discussing the background of Microsoft employees before finishing off with a final wrapup and preview of the next episode from both hosts.<ref name="showoverview"/>

==Trivia==
Bill Gates was the guest for somebody@microsoft for the 50th episode of the show.<ref name="50thepisode">[http://blogs.msdn.com/theshow/archive/2005/03/23/401223.aspx The .NET Show: The 50th Episode!]</ref>

==External links==
*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/ .NET Show hHomepage]
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{{Internet-tv-stub*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/archive.aspx The .NET Show Home Episode Archive]
*[http://blogs.msdn.com/theshow/ The .NET Show Blog]

==References==
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[[Category:Internet television series]]