Career

Sherman Barrois began her television career working as a writer on The Jamie Foxx Show

The Jamie Foxx Show

The Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that aired on the WB Network from August 28, 1996 to January 14, 2001. The series starred Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris.-Synopsis:...

. She wrote three episodes across the second and third seasons. She went on to become a co-producer of The PJs

The PJs

The PJs is an American stop-motion animated television series created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins. It portrayed life in an urban public housing project, modeled after the Brewster-Douglass housing projects in Detroit that once housed Diana Ross & Lilly Tomlin...

and then was hired as an executive story editor for Third Watch

Third Watch

Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....

by John Wells

John Wells (TV producer)

John Marcum Wells is an American theater and television producer, writer and director. He is best known for his role as executive producer and show runner of the television series ER, Third Watch, and The West Wing. His company, John Wells Productions, is currently based at Warner Bros. studios in...

. She began working on Third Watch in the second series and co-wrote two episodes of that season ("Kim's Hope Chest" and "Honor") with fellow executive story editor Kyera B. Keenne. She was promoted to co-producer for the third season and wrote two further episodes "Sex, Lies & Videotape" and "Falling" in 2001. She was promoted again to producer for the fourth season and wrote four more episodes "To Protect...", "Crime and Punishment: Part I", "10-13", and "In Confidence". She returned as a producer for the fifth season and wrote the episodes "Lockdown", and "Payback". She was promoted to supervising producer mid-season and continued in this role for the sixth and final season. She wrote four sixth season episodes "Sleeping Dogs Lie", "Alone Again, Naturally", "Broken", and "Too Little, Too Late". She wrote fourteen episodes for the series before its conclusion.

When Third Watch ended she became a co-executive producer for another Wells series, ER

ER (TV series)

ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...

. She joined the crew of ER in the twelfth season. Her first episode for "ER" was entitled "Wake up." She followed that with two more episodes that season, "All About Christmas Eve" and "Darfur". In season thirteen, she wrote four episodes "Graduation Day", "Heart of the Matter", "Breach of Trust" and "Dying is Easy". She became an executive producer for the fourteenth season and wrote three more pivotal episodes "Officer Down", "Status Quo" and "Under Pressure". In the final season of "ER" Sherman Barrois wrote two additional episodes "Parental Guidance" and "Age of Innocence".

She was nominated for a Humanitas Prize

Humanitas Prize

The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing intended to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser — also the founder of Paulist Productions — but is generally not seen as specifically directed toward religious...

 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. She was nominated for a second Image Award for writing in 2008 for her work on the thirteenth season ER episode "Breach of Trust". She was again nominated for her season 15 work for the episode entitled "Parental Guidance".

Writer

Year	Show	Episode	Notes
1997	The Jamie Foxx Show The Jamie Foxx Show The Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that aired on the WB Network from August 28, 1996 to January 14, 2001. The series starred Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris.-Synopsis:...	"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 Third Watch Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....	"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 ER (TV series) ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...	"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
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"Age of Innocence"
Season 15, Episode 8

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