Before most people had ever heard the name Charles Latibeaudiere, his future wife was already directing hundreds of episodes of one of America’s most-watched entertainment news programs. Barbara Sherwood Latibeaudiere spent more than a decade inside the Telepictures production machine, steering daily television that reached millions of viewers. Then she left, quietly and completely, and has not looked back.
Here is the full picture of who she is, what she built, and where things stand today.
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Quick Facts: Barbara Sherwood Latibeaudiere
| Full Name | Barbara Sherwood Latibeaudiere |
| Profession | Television Director, News Director |
| Active Years | 2002 to approximately 2015 |
| Best Known For | Extra (2002–2009), CW Now (2007–2008) |
| Husband | Charles Latibeaudiere, co-executive producer of TMZ |
| Wedding Date | June 26, 2004 |
| Wedding Venue | The Catalina Room, Rancho Palos Verdes, California |
| Residence | Hermosa Beach, California |
| IMDB | Listed as director (nm1633067) |
Seven Years at Extra: Where Her Career Was Built
Barbara Sherwood joined Extra as news director around 2002. The show had been running in national syndication since September 1994, produced by Telepictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Television. By the time Barbara arrived, it was one of the most commercially successful entertainment newsmagazines on American television — a daily, 30-minute program covering celebrity culture, film, and the full sweep of Hollywood gossip.
As news director, her responsibilities covered the editorial direction of daily coverage and the production of individual episodes. Her IMDB credits list approximately 443 directed episodes across her tenure.
The years she worked through were eventful ones for the show. Leeza Gibbons was the main anchor when Barbara joined and departed in 2004. Mark McGrath and Dayna Devon took over as co-hosts from 2004 onward. Every episode was filmed at Victory Studios in Glendale, California, where Extra taped until 2010.
One detail worth noting: Harvey Levin launched his Celebrity Justice spin-off directly from within the Extra production structure in September 2002 — the same month Barbara joined. Levin ran Celebrity Justice from inside the same Telepictures ecosystem until it ended in 2005, after which he launched TMZ. Barbara, Charles, and Levin were all operating within the same building and the same production company at the same time.
Charles Latibeaudiere had been Extra‘s supervising producer since 1995, overseeing more than 2,500 episodes over his tenure. He left the show in 2007 to co-launch TMZ on TV alongside Levin and producer Jim Paratore. Barbara left the same year to take on a new Telepictures project.
Directing CW Now: 22 Episodes of a Show That Made Television History for the Wrong Reasons
When Barbara moved from Extra in 2007, she did not change companies. According to Wikipedia’s entry on Extra, the production staff of the show began handling production responsibilities for CW Now in September 2007. She carried the same team and the same infrastructure into a new format on a new network.
CW Now premiered on The CW on September 23, 2007. It was a 30-minute newsmagazine aimed at viewers aged 18 to 34, hosted by Tanika Ray and Chris Balish, with Chi-Lan Lieu and Sam Saboura as correspondents. The programming covered entertainment, technology, and fashion. Its commercial model replaced traditional ad breaks with deeply embedded product placement segments called “CWickies.” Walmart was the show’s dominant sponsor.
The response was immediate and harsh. Hollywood Reporter critic Barry Garron reviewed the premiere on September 24, 2007, writing that the show was “presented without commercial interruption for an excellent reason” — his assessment being that the entire production was a commercial. Comedian Lewis Black devoted a “Back in Black” monologue on The Daily Show to mocking the concept just days after the premiere.
The ratings tracked exactly as the reviews suggested. On January 20, 2008, CW Now recorded what is known as a broadcast “scratch” rating — a 0.2/0 in the 18-49 demographic. The Nielsen panel recorded too few viewers to produce a calculable number. The CW announced a hiatus on February 8, 2008. The final episode aired February 24, 2008.
Barbara directed 22 of the 28 produced episodes — effectively the entire run of a series that has since become a reference point in discussions about the limits of branded television content.
The Rest of Her Directing Credits
After CW Now, Barbara remained within the same production network. In 2009 she directed Extra on Essence, a specialized extension of the Extra brand. In 2011, she directed episodes of Very Funny News for TBS, a comedy news format featuring stand-up comedians Brian Ish, Dwayne Perkins, Rachel Perry, and Julian McCullough — a noticeable shift from the straight celebrity coverage she had been directing throughout her career.
Her final confirmed production credit is the World Championship Group Draw Show in 2015.
After that, her name stops appearing in production records entirely.
How Barbara Sherwood Met Charles Latibeaudiere
The two worked at Extra for years before their relationship developed personally. Around 2003, with Charles serving as supervising producer and Barbara as news director, a professional working relationship became something more.
Six months before their wedding, on December 30, 2003, the couple jointly purchased a condominium at 210 10th Street in Hermosa Beach, California. Public property records via BlockShopper list both names on the deed. The property is a 1,724-square-foot, three-bedroom, four-bathroom unit. The purchase price was $1,114,000.
The Wedding and 22 Years of Marriage
Barbara Sherwood and Charles Latibeaudiere married on June 26, 2004, at The Catalina Room in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, in a private ceremony with close family and friends.
Charles has marked the day publicly on more than one occasion. On their 12th anniversary in June 2016, he posted photographs from the ceremony on Instagram with the caption: “Tonight, we had dinner at the same place, just as we had over a decade ago. Happy anniversary, my love.” On June 27, 2017, their 13th anniversary, he wrote: “Today is the anniversary of the best decision I ever made in life.”
The couple has returned to the same Rancho Palos Verdes coastline for anniversary dinners over the years. Charles described one such visit as dining at Terranea Resort, the luxury oceanfront property on the same Peninsula, noting it was only a few hundred feet from where they had originally celebrated. Terranea opened in June 2009 — five years after the wedding — and has become part of the couple’s anniversary tradition.
As of March 2026, Charles and Barbara have been married for nearly 22 years. No credible source has reported a separation or divorce.
Life in Hermosa Beach: What the Records Show
Barbara and Charles have lived at their Hermosa Beach property since purchasing it at the end of 2003. The condo’s assessed value reached $1,522,361 by 2022, with property taxes recorded at $16,374 that year. Market estimates from late 2025 place its current value at approximately $4.4 million.
Barbara holds a private Instagram account under the handle @sherwood_barbara, visible only to approved followers. The last known photograph of her shared publicly by Charles dates to around 2018.
No credible source has confirmed whether the couple has children. Outlets including Briefly.co.za, Legit.ng, and Tuko.co.ke each note independently that there is no verified public information on the subject, and neither Charles nor Barbara has addressed it directly.
Her Directing Credits at a Glance
| Production | Role | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Extra | News Director / Director | 2002–2009 (~443 episodes) |
| Extra Fall TV Preview | Director | 2004 |
| TBS Movie Extra | Director | 2004 |
| TBS Weekend Extra | Director | 2005 |
| CW Now (The CW) | Director | 2007–2008 (22 of 28 episodes) |
| Extra on Essence | Director | 2009 |
| Very Funny News (TBS) | Director | 2011 |
| World Championship Group Draw Show | Director | 2015 |
Where Things Stand
Barbara Sherwood Latibeaudiere directed hundreds of episodes of nationally syndicated television. She was part of the same production structure that eventually produced TMZ. She met and married someone who went on to become one of the more recognized faces in entertainment journalism. And she did all of it from behind the camera, without a single public interview, a verified social media presence, or a moment of deliberate visibility.
That is not the typical outcome for someone who spent a decade inside the Hollywood television industry. The fact that it remains her outcome, more than twenty years on, says more about her than any of the credits do.
Sources: IMDB (nm1633067), BlockShopper public property records, Wikipedia (Extra, CW Now), Manhattan Beach Youth Council official speaker bio, Hollywood Reporter (September 24, 2007), Briefly.co.za, Legit.ng, Tuko.co.ke, Lowe Enterprises (Terranea Resort), Terranea Resort official site.
