Net Cafe (or Cheifet's Net Cafe, formerly The Internet Cafe) was a US television series documenting the internet boom of the late 1990s. It was broadcast from 1996 to 2002 and hosted by Stewart Cheifet, Jane Wither, and Andrew deVries. [1] The show was effectively a spin-off of the PBS series Computer Chronicles . [2]
No. in season | Title | Original release date | Internet Archive identifier |
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1 | "Hackers" | October 2, 1996 | Stream |
2 | "Aliens & UFOs" | October 9, 1996 | Stream |
3 | "Politics" | October 17, 1996 | Stream |
4 | "Dark Side of the Net" | October 22, 1996 | Stream |
5 | "Women on the Net" | October 28, 1996 | Stream |
6 | "Games" | November 4, 1996 | Stream |
7 | "VRML / 3D Worlds" | November 13, 1996 | Stream |
8 | "Music" | November 18, 1996 | Stream |
9 | "Movies" | December 3, 1996 | Stream |
10 | "Writers" | December 18, 1996 | Stream |
11 | "Comic Books" | January 10, 1997 | Stream |
12 | "Dating and Romance" | January 17, 1997 | Stream |
13 | "Art" | January 23, 1997 | Stream |
14 | "Electronic Communities" | January 31, 1997 | N/A |
15 | "Weird Science" | February 13, 1997 | Stream |
16 | "Travel" | February 20, 1997 | Stream |
17 | "Equality and Diversity" | February 27, 1997 | Stream |
18 | "Censorship" | March 14, 1997 | Stream |
19 | "The Webby Awards (1997)" | March 21, 1997 | Stream |
20 | "Health" | March 28, 1997 | Stream |
21 | "Religion" | April 18, 1997 | N/A |
22 | "Weird Web" | April 25, 1997 | Stream |
23 | "Science Fiction Online" | May 2, 1997 | Stream |
24 | "Disinformation" | May 9, 1997 | Stream |
No. in season | Title | Original release date | Internet Archive identifier |
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1 | "Online Sports" | October 10, 1997 | Stream |
2 | "Web Radio" | October 17, 1997 | Stream |
3 | "Privacy in Cyberspace" | October 24, 1997 | Stream |
4 | "TV Shows Online" | October 31, 1997 | Stream |
5 | "Finding Anyone and Anything Online" | November 10, 1997 | Stream |
6 | "Cyber News" | November 14, 1997 | N/A |
7 | "The Virtual Zoo" | November 21, 1997 | Stream |
8 | "Buy It Online" | December 5, 1997 | Stream |
9 | "The Virtual Doctor" | December 12, 1997 | Stream |
10 | "Online Activism" | January 9, 1998 | Stream |
11 | "Gambling and Gaming" | January 16, 1998 | Stream |
12 | "Voyeurism Online" | January 23, 1998 | Stream |
13 | "Grim Reaper Web Sites" | February 6, 1998 | Stream |
14 | "Humor on the Web" | February 13, 1998 | Stream |
15 | "War on the Web" | February 20, 1998 | Stream |
16 | "Group Therapy Net Style" | February 27, 1998 | Stream |
17 | "Cyber Chats" | March 20, 1998 | Stream |
18 | "Home Improvement" | March 27, 1998 | Stream |
19 | "Jobs & Careers" | April 3, 1998 | Stream |
20 | "The Hollywood Connection" | April 10, 1998 | Stream |
21 | "Space Science" | May 1, 1998 | Stream |
22 | "Safe Kids – Safe Net" | May 8, 1998 | Stream |
23 | "Sex Online" | May 15, 1998 | Stream |
24 | "The Best SOHO Resources" | May 22, 1998 | Stream |
25 | "Cool Home Pages" | May 29, 1998 | Stream |
26 | "Money on the Web" | June 5, 1998 | Stream |
No. in season | Title | Original release date | Internet Archive identifier |
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1 | "Portals" | October 2, 1998 | Stream |
2 | "Chat Rooms" | October 9, 1998 | Stream |
3 | "Cyber News" | October 16, 1998 | Stream |
4 | "Cyber Sports" | October 23, 1998 | Stream |
5 | "Cyber Communities" | October 30, 1998 | Stream |
6 | "Investing Online" | November 6, 1998 | Stream |
7 | "The Global Net" | November 13, 1998 | Stream |
8 | "Virtual Stores" | December 4, 1998 | Stream |
9 | "Food Online" | December 11, 1998 | N/A |
10 | "Online Literature" | January 8, 1999 | Stream |
11 | "Net Games" | January 15, 1999 | N/A |
12 | "Adventure Travel Online" | January 22, 1999 | Stream |
13 | "Romance Online" | March 19, 1999 | N/A |
14 | "Cyber Kids" | March 26, 1999 | N/A |
15 | "X-Treme Web" | April 2, 1999 | Stream |
16 | "Incredibly Useful Sites" | April 9, 1999 | Stream |
17 | "Humor Online" | April 16, 1999 | Stream |
18 | "Crime and Justice" | April 23, 1999 | Stream |
19 | "The Webby Awards (1999): Part 1" | April 30, 1999 | Stream |
20 | "The Webby Awards (1999): Part 2" | May 7, 1999 | Stream |
21 | "Consumer Protection Online" | June 4, 1999 | Stream |
22 | "Performing Arts on the Web" | June 11, 1999 | Stream |
23 | "Lions and Tigers and Bears" | June 25, 1999 | Stream |
24 | "Hollywood on the Net" | July 2, 1999 | Stream |
25 | "Online Collecting" | July 9, 1999 | Stream |
26 | "New Age Sites" | July 16, 1999 | Stream |
No. in season | Title | Original release date | Internet Archive identifier |
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1 | "Lifelong Learning" | October 1, 1999 | Stream |
2 | "Just for Fun" | October 8, 1999 | Stream |
3 | "E-Commerce" | October 15, 1999 | Stream |
4 | "Conspiracy Theories" | October 22, 1999 | Stream |
5 | "Personal Finance Online" | March 10, 2000 | Stream |
6 | "Job Hunting Online" | March 17, 2000 | Stream |
7 | "Finding People Online" | April 7, 2000 | Stream |
8 | "Pre-IPO Companies" | April 14, 2000 | Stream |
9 | "New Web Entrepreneurs" | May 5, 2000 | Stream |
10 | "Entertainment on the Web" | May 12, 2000 | Stream |
11 | "The Webby Awards (2000): Part 1" | June 2, 2000 | Stream |
12 | "The Webby Awards (2000): Part 2" | June 9, 2000 | Stream |
No. in season | Title | Original release date | Internet Archive identifier |
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1 | "New Web Business Ideas Part 1" | November 3, 2000 | Stream |
2 | "New Web Business Ideas Part 2" | November 10, 2000 | Stream |
3 | "New Web Business Ideas Part 3" | November 17, 2000 | Stream |
4 | "New Web Business Ideas Part 4" | November 24, 2000 | Stream |
5 | "New Web Sites" | January 12, 2001 | Stream |
6 | "New Web Sites Part 2" | January 19, 2001 | Stream |
7 | "New Web Business Ideas Part 6" | March 9, 2001 | Stream |
8 | "New Web Business Ideas Part 7" | March 30, 2001 | Stream |
9 | "New Web Business Ideas Part 8" | April 6, 2001 | Stream |
10 | "Hot New Web Sites Part 1" | April 27, 2001 | Stream |
11 | "Hot New Web Sites Part 2" | May 4, 2001 | Stream |
12 | "New Web Business Ideas Part 7" | May 18, 2001 | Stream |
13 | "Hot New Web Sites Part 3" | May 25, 2001 | Stream |
14 | "Hot New Web Sites Part 4" | June 8, 2001 | Stream |
15 | "New Web Business Ideas Part 8" | June 15, 2001 | Stream |
16 | "Internet Startups Part 1" | June 22, 2001 | Stream |
17 | "Internet Startups Part 2" | June 29, 2001 | Stream |
18 | "New Web Business Ideas Part 7" | August 17, 2001 | Stream |
19 | "New Web Business Ideas Part 8" | August 24, 2001 | Stream |
20 | "Hot New Web Sites Part 1" | August 31, 2001 | Stream |
21 | "Hot New Web Sites Part 2" | September 7, 2001 | Stream |
No. in season | Title | Original release date | Internet Archive identifier |
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1 | "State of the Web Part 1" | January 18, 2002 | Stream |
2 | "State of the Web Part 2" | January 25, 2002 | N/A |
3 | "Interesting Websites" | February 15, 2002 | Stream |
4 | "Interesting Websites" | February 22, 2002 | Stream |
5 | "Nicholas Negroponte Part 1" | March 29, 2002 | Stream |
6 | "Nicholas Negroponte Part 2" | April 12, 2002 | Stream |