Ashley Gable is an American television writer and producer

Television producer

The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...

 who has worked on a variety of well-known television series including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC from September 24, 2001 to May 16, 2007. It stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Medical Examiner's Office...

. She is currently serving as executive producer

Executive producer

An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...

 on the CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 crime drama The Mentalist

The Mentalist

The Mentalist is an American police procedural television series which debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS. The show was created by Bruno Heller, who is also the show's executive producer...

.

Career

Gable's television career began in 1996 when she and her then writing partner Thomas A. Swyden were recruited onto the writing staff of the first season

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 1)

- Crew :Series creator Joss Whedon served as executive producer and showrunner. David Greenwalt joined the series as co-executive producer as 20th Century Fox wanted an experienced television producer as Whedon had never ran a television series before. Whedon wrote the most episodes, writing three...

  of Joss Whedon's

Joss Whedon

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American screenwriter, executive producer, director, comic book writer, occasional composer and actor, founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-creator of Bellwether Pictures...

 Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They wrote two of the twelve episodes for the season. The two of them worked on three more shows concurrently; writing episodes of Fast Track, Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....

and Soldier of Fortune, Inc.

Soldier of Fortune, Inc.

Soldier of Fortune, Inc. was a television show created by Dan Gordon which ran for two seasons, from 1997-1999...

before she and Swyden parted ways as a writing team in 1999.

Since beginning her solo career, Gable has worked on a number of shows as a writer and producer, including The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man (2000 TV series)

The Invisible Man is a Sci-Fi American television series starring Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny and Michael McCafferty...

, Family Law

Family Law (TV series)

Family Law is a television drama starring Kathleen Quinlan as divorced lawyer Lynn Holt, who attempted to start her own law firm after her lawyer husband took all their old clients...

, The Division

The Division

The Division is an American Lifetime Television original series about a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.-Synopsis:...

, Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The series was created and produced in part by comedienne and...

, Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC from September 24, 2001 to May 16, 2007. It stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Medical Examiner's Office...

and New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam (TV series)

New Amsterdam is an American television drama, which premiered March 4, 2008 on Fox, and ended after its eighth episode.-Premise and plot:...

. In 2008 she was hired to work on The Mentalist

The Mentalist

The Mentalist is an American police procedural television series which debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS. The show was created by Bruno Heller, who is also the show's executive producer...

as a co-executive producer under creator Bruno Heller

Bruno Heller

Bruno Heller is an English screenwriter. His most notable works are the television series Rome and The Mentalist .-Life and career:...

 and has since become an executive producer.

Buffy episodes

• 1.08 "I Robot, You Jane" (with Swyden)
• 1.11 "Out of Mind, Out of Sight
  Out of Mind, Out of Sight
  "Out of Mind, Out of Sight", also known as "Invisible Girl", is the 11th episode of season one of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer....
  
  " (with Swyden and Joss Whedon)

The Mentalist episodes

• 1.03 "Red Tide"
• 1.09 "Flame Red"
• 1.18 "Russet Potatoes"
• 2.03 "Red Badge"
• 2.08 "His Red Right Hand"
• 2.19 "Blood Money" (with Jordan Harper)
• 3.02 "Cackle-Bladder Blood"
• 3.07 "Red Hot"
• 3.23 "Strawberries and Cream, Part I"

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