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The '''.NET Show''' (formerly '''MSDN Show''') is an Internet [[webcast]] released by the [[Microsoft Developer Network]] (MSDN). 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 broadcast 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. The show is hosted by [[Robert Hess (cocktail expert)|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 composed 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"/> [[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>

==See also==
*[[The Code Room]]

==External links==
*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/ .NET Show Homepage]
*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/cc339456.aspx The .NET Show Home Episode Archive (Episodes 32+)]
*[http://vimeo.com/user4873700 The .NET Show Supplemental Archive (Prior to Episode 32)]
*[http://blogs.msdn.com/theshow/ The .NET Show Blog]

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