• Variety, Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:45 AM

Writers Guild of America West is still considering disciplinary action against Jay Leno for "Tonight Show" monologues he delivered during the writers strike a year ago. It's unclear if the guild is pursuing strike-related disciplinary proceedings against any other members.

The guild brought disciplinary proceedings against Leno, who is a member and writer, for writing his script. There was much back and forth between Leno's camp and the guild about the monologue issue, but it was assumed that the dispute became moot after the strike ended on Feb. 12. Apparently, the disagreement is still alive.

Leno was a vocal and public supporter of the guild and his show's striking writers at the outset of the walkout. But after Leno returned with new episodes on Jan. 2, 2008, the WGA raised a ruckus about him "writing" his monologues. Leno complained at the time, "No new [strike] talks were scheduled, so the show had to come back. We have essentially 19 people putting 160 people out of work."

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