# Ashley Gable > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ashley_Gable > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ashley_Gable.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Gable > Source revision: 1344564876 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American screenwriter and producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Ashley Gable | caption = | birth_date = | birth_name = | birth_place = United States | occupation = {{Flat list| * Screenwriter * producer}} | years_active = 1996–present }} '''Ashley Gable''' is an American [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter) and producer who has worked on a variety of well-known television series including ''[Buffy the Vampire Slayer](/source/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)'' and ''[Person of Interest](/source/Person_of_Interest_(TV_series))''. She was an executive producer on the [CBS](/source/CBS) crime drama ''[The Mentalist](/source/The_Mentalist)'' for its first four seasons. ==Career== Gable's television career began in 1996 when she was recruited onto the writing staff of the [first season](/source/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_(season_1)) of [Joss Whedon's](/source/Joss_Whedon) ''[Buffy the Vampire Slayer](/source/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)''. She (and her then-writing partner Thomas A. Swyden) wrote two of the twelve episodes for the season. Gable has worked on a number of other shows as a writer and producer, including ''[The Invisible Man](/source/The_Invisible_Man_(2000_TV_series))'', ''[Family Law](/source/Family_Law_(American_TV_series))'', ''[The Division](/source/The_Division)'', ''[Strong Medicine](/source/Strong_Medicine)'', ''[Crossing Jordan](/source/Crossing_Jordan)'', ''[New Amsterdam](/source/New_Amsterdam_(2008_TV_series))'' and ''[Vegas](/source/Vegas_(2012_TV_series))''. In 2008 she was hired to work on ''[The Mentalist](/source/The_Mentalist)'' as a co-executive producer under creator [Bruno Heller](/source/Bruno_Heller) and became an executive producer.{{cite web |title=Ashley Gable: Biography, Latest News & Videos |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ashley-gable/221601 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508072252/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ashley-gable/221601/ |archive-date=May 8, 2011 |accessdate=April 2, 2011 |work=[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)}}{{Failed verification|date=August 2023}} She left that show after four seasons and subsequently served as co-executive producer on the CBS drama series ''[Person of Interest](/source/Person_of_Interest_(TV_series))''. In 2019, Gable joined other [WGA](/source/Writers_Guild_of_America) members in firing her agents as part of [the Guild's](/source/Writers_Guild_of_America) stand against the [ATA](/source/Association_of_Talent_Agents) after the two sides were unable to come to an agreement on a new "Code of Conduct" that addressed the practice of [packaging](/source/Movie_packaging).{{cite web |last=Robb |first=David |date=22 April 2019 |title=WGA: More Than 7,000 Writers Have Fired Their Agents |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/writers-guild-agents-fired-total-hollywood-fight-packaging-1202599639/ |access-date=27 August 2023 |website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)}} Upon discovering that she was earning two-thirds of what her fellow male executive producers were making, Gable became vocal in the #NotWorthLess social media movement, which called for the end to payment inequities between white, male Hollywood writers and producers, and their female, non-white counterparts.{{Cite news|last=Rothman|first=Michael|title=#NotWorthLess highlights the battle for equality behind the scenes in Hollywood|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/notworthless-highlights-battle-equality-scenes-hollywood-65714106/|date=19 September 2019|website=Good Morning America}} In November of 2022, Gable, a board member of the Writers Guild of America, was named as a member of the committee that will negotiate the guild’s contracts amidst the threat of a writers strike. {{Cite news|last=Robb|first=David|title=WGA Sets Contract Negotiating Committee As Potential Writers Strike Looms |url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/writers-guild-contract-negotiating-committee-writers-strike-fears-1235165788/|date=7 November 2022|website=Deadline}} ==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Note |- |2024 |''[The Bad Guardian](/source/The_Bad_Guardian)'' |Writer | |} ===Television=== ====''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' episodes==== * 1.08 "[I, Robot... You, Jane](/source/I%2C_Robot..._You%2C_Jane)" * 1.11 "[Out of Mind, Out of Sight](/source/Out_of_Mind%2C_Out_of_Sight_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer))" ====''The Mentalist'' episodes==== * 1.03 "[Red Tide](/source/The_Mentalist_(season_1))" * 1.09 "[Flame Red](/source/The_Mentalist_(season_1))" * 1.18 "[Russet Potatoes](/source/The_Mentalist_(season_1))" * 2.03 "[Red Badge](/source/The_Mentalist_(season_2))" * 2.08 "[His Red Right Hand](/source/The_Mentalist_(season_2))" * 2.19 "[Blood Money](/source/The_Mentalist_(season_2))" * 3.02 "[Cackle-Bladder Blood](/source/The_Mentalist_(season_3))" * 3.07 "[Red Hot](/source/The_Mentalist_(season_3))" * 3.23 "[Strawberries and Cream (Part 1)](/source/Strawberries_and_Cream_(The_Mentalist))" * 4.03 "[Pretty Red Balloon](/source/The_Mentalist_(season_4))" * 4.11 "[Always Bet on Red](/source/The_Mentalist_(season_4))" * 4.22 "[So Long, And Thanks for All the Red Snapper](/source/The_Mentalist_(season_4))" ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|0300081}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gable, Ashley}} Category:American television writers Category:American television producers Category:American women television producers Category:Living people Category:American women television writers Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century American women {{US-screen-writer-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ashley Gable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Gable) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Gable?action=history)). 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