Writers Guild Censures ‘Schooled’ Showrunner Tim Doyle for Posting Lynching Image in Facebook Joke

The WGAW’s trial committee found the writer guilty of “conduct prejudicial to the welfare of the Guild and unfair dealing”

Creator/executive producer Tim Doyle of the television show "The Kids Are Alright" speaks during the Disney/ABC segment of the Summer 2018 Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

The Writers Guild of America West has publicly censured showrunner Tim Doyle after finding him guilty of posting a racist image on Facebook last year. Doyle was charged with posting a photo on Aug. 9, 2023 in a WGAW member Facebook group that other members “perceived as a racist and offensive depiction of a lynching.”

The WGA’s trial committee found that Doyle’s post “constituted conduct prejudicial to the welfare of the Guild and unfair dealing” and the guild’s board determined that his conduct “warrants public censure.”

“Mr. Doyle was charged with engaging in conduct prejudicial to the welfare of the Guild and unfair dealing with other members in violation of Article X.A.,

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