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]

Career

Sherman Barrois began her career as a 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".^{[citation needed]} She was again nominated for her season 15 work for the episode entitled "Parental Guidance".^{[citation needed]}

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.^[6]

Filmography

Writer