{{Short description|American interview and advice call-in talk show}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | runtime = 60 minutes | creator = | producer = | presenter = Bob Berkowitz | country = United States | language = English | network = CNBC | first_aired = {{Start date|1990}} | last_aired = {{End date|1996}} | related = | num_episodes = }}
'''''Real Personal''''' is an American interview and advice call-in talk show about human sexuality<ref>[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1993-03-07-9303040671-story.html CNBC'S TOPICS: FROM BONDS TO BONDAGE - Orlando Sentinel]</ref> that aired on CNBC from 1990 to 1996. The show was hosted by Bob Berkowitz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/metrotv/nakedny/ |title=Naked New York with Bob Berkowitz |website=New York Magazine |date= |accessdate=2018-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-10-ca-11697-story.html |title=Bob Berkowitz Gets 'Personal,' but That's His Job |website=Los Angeles Times |date=1995-06-10 |access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Huff |first=Richard |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/cnbc-drops-ax-sexy-real-personal-article-1.707188 |title=CNBC Drops Ax on Sexy 'Real Personal' |website=New York Daily News |date=1995-12-12 |accessdate=2018-11-30 }}</ref>
==Reception== {{ill|Heidemarie Schumacher|de}} cited this show as an example of B-television in her article ''From the True, the Good, the Beautiful to the Truly Beautiful Goods—audience identification strategies on German "B-Television" programs'':<ref name="Schumacher1">{{cite web|url=https://monoskop.org/images/6/64/New_German_Critique_No_78_Special_Issue_on_German_Media_Studies_1999.pdf|title=From the True, the Good, the Beautiful to the Truly Beautiful Goods—audience identification strategies on German "B-Television" programs|publisher=Schüren Verlag, Marburg|first=Heidemarie|last=Schumacher|year=1995}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|The title itself encapsulates the message of 'B-TV': real people and their 'real' problems are the focus here."}}
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==External links == *{{IMDb title|0287874}}
Category:1990s American television talk shows Category:1990 American television series debuts Category:1996 American television series endings Category:CNBC original programming