Janine Sherman Barrois

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Janine Sherman Barrois is an American television writer, producer, and showrunner. She is known for her work on ER , Third Watch and Criminal Minds . [1] From 2017 to 2022, she executive produced crime comedy-drama Claws on TNT. She also produced Netflix miniseries Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker , the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, The Kings of Napa , [2] and Apple TV+ thriller The Big Cigar . [3] She owned production banner, Folding Chair Prods., which she launched at Warner Bros. Television Group in 2015. [4]

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Career

Sherman Barrois began her career as an assistant on the 1994 television series, South Central [ citation needed ] and later in films The Glass Shield (1994) and Major Payne (1995). Her first producer credit was in the 1996 film Bulletproof . [5] From 1997 to 1998, Barrois worked as a writer on The Jamie Foxx Show . She wrote three episodes across the second and third seasons.[ citation needed ] She went on to become a co-producer of The PJs and then was hired as an executive story editor for Third Watch by John Wells.

When Third Watch ended she became a co-executive producer for another Wells series, ER . She joined the crew of ER in the twelfth season. She was nominated for a Humanitas Prize in the 60 minutes category and an Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for her work on the twelfth season ER episode "Darfur" in 2007. [1] She was nominated for a second Image Award for writing in 2008 for her work on the thirteenth season ER episode "Breach of Trust". [6] She was again nominated for her season 15 work for the episode entitled "Parental Guidance". [7]

In 2010, she joined the CBS crime series, Criminal Minds at the beginning of season six and left at the end of season ten. In 2015, she signed a multi-year overall deal at Warner Bros. Television. [8]

Filmography

Writer

YearShowEpisodeNotes
1997 The Jamie Foxx Show "One Flew Over the County's Nest"Season 2, episode 4
1998"Papa Don't Preach"Season 2, episode 14
"Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?"Season 3, episode 6
2000 Third Watch "Kim's Hope Chest" Season 2, episode 5
2001"Honor"Season 2, episode 18
2002"Falling" Season 3, episode 17
"To Protect..." Season 4, episode 3
"Crime and Punishment: Part 1"Season 4, episode 9
2003"10-13"Season 4, episode 16
"In Confidence"Season 4, episode 20
"Lockdown" Season 5, episode 3
"Payback"Season 5, episode 7
2004"Sleeping Dogs Lie"Season 5, episode 13
"Higher Calling"Season 5, episode 21
"Alone Again, Naturally" Season 6, episode 2
"The Hunter, Hunted"Season 6, episode 5
"Broken"Season 6, episode 8
2005"Too Little, Too Late"Season 6, episode 18
ER "Wake Up" Season 12, episode 5
"All About Christmas Eve"Season 12, episode 10
2006"Darfur"Season 12, episode 15
"Graduation Day" Season 13, episode 2
"Heart of the Matter"Season 13, episode 6
2007"Breach of Trust"Season 13, episode 12
"Dying Is Easy..."Season 13, episode 15
"Lights Out"Season 13, episode 20
"Officer Down" Season 14, episode 3
2008"Status Quo"Season 14, episode 11
"Under Pressure"Season 14, episode 17
"Parental Guidance" Season 15, episode 4
2010 Criminal Minds "Remembrance of Things Past" Season 6, episode 3
2011"The Thirteenth Step"Season 6, episode 13
"With Friends Like These"Season 6, episode 19
"Proof" Season 7, episode 2
"The Bittersweet Science"Season 7, episode 10
2012"I Love You, Tommy Brown"Season 7, episode 17
"The Pact" Season 8, episode 2
"The Lesson"Season 8, episode 10
2013"Restoration"Season 8, episode 18
"The Inspiration" Season 9, episode 1
"Strange Fruit"Season 9, episode 9
2014"The Edge of Winter"Season 9, episode 19
"Angels"Season 9, episode 23
"Burn" Season 10, episode 2
"Fate"Season 10, episode 9
2015"The Hunt"Season 10, episode 23
2017 Claws "Fallout"Season 1, episode 4
"Bats**tSeason 1, episode 5
2018"Cracker Casserole"Season 2, episode 2
"Til Death"Season 2, episode 9
2019"Muscle & Flow"Season 3, episode 2
"Finna"Season 3, episode 10
2020 Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker "Boot Straps"Season 1, episode 2
TBA The Big Cigar Upcoming miniseries

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