Barbara Gaines (television producer)

Barbara Gaines (born June 1, 1956) is a former executive producer of the Late Show with David Letterman. She held that position from May 2000 to the show's finale in 2015. She graduated in 1979 from Ithaca College with a BA in educational television.[1]

Barbara Gaines
BornJune 1, 1956
NationalityAmerican
Education1979 graduate of Ithaca College BA in educational television
OccupationTelevision producer (retired)
Known forHer work as a Television Producer
Spouse(s)Aari Ludvigsen (m. 1993- )
ChildrenSimon Michael Ludvigsen Gaines
Parent(s)Sophie Gaines (mother) Michael Gaines (father)
RelativesIra Gaines (brother)

Andrew Gaines (nephew)

Shayna Gaines (great niece)

She started on The David Letterman Show as a production assistant in 1980 before being promoted to production coordinator and assistant producer. As a producer, she was nominated for the Emmy eleven times and won five consecutive awards for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program. She became one of the most popular staff members with audiences, appearing regularly on the show in segments such as "How's The Weather?", in which Letterman would call a random number in a phone book Gaines picked out and ask about the weather.

She also worked on production for the Orange Bowl Parade; One of the Boys, a comedy series starring Mickey Rooney, Nathan Lane and Dana Carvey; and The $50,000 Pyramid.[1]

Gaines made the 2008 Ten Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz list.[2]

Personal

Gaines met her partner Aari Blake Ludvigsen in 1991. Their son, Simon Michael Ludvigsen Gaines, was born in 2006. In 2008, the New York Post reported that Gaines and Ludvigsen had married in San Francisco.[3] Gaines belongs to Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Straight Synagogue in New York, and in 2010 did a video with the Strength Through Community project at CBST about her life and experiences.[4]

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References
  1. Barbara Gaines bio. Archived from the original July 6, 2008.
  2. Power Up Top Ten Archived August 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. LIVE:The TV Blog (NY Post) Archived April 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Strength Through Community video on YouTube


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