Jeffrey M. Hayes

Jeffrey M. Hayes was an American executive producer.

His career began with Aaron Spelling Productions in the early 1980s, where he was a producer on the television shows Vega$ and T.J. Hooker.

Hayes moved on to Paramount Pictures Network Television and moved up to executive vice president, overseeing the development of shows such as MacGyver and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

He also created the US/Australian series Time Trax and served as executive producer on Mission: Impossible, Beastmaster, The Smarter Wife, Crusoe, and a 1990s reboot of Flipper.

Jeffrey M. Hayes was an American executive producer.

His career began with Aaron Spelling Productions in the early 1980s, where he was a producer on the television shows Vega$ and T.J. Hooker.

Hayes moved on to Paramount Pictures Network Television and moved up to executive vice president, overseeing the development of shows such as MacGyver and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

He also created the US/Australian series Time Trax and served as executive producer on Mission: Impossible, Beastmaster, The Smarter Wife, Crusoe, and a 1990s reboot of Flipper.

As a writer, Hayes penned episodes of Vega$, T.J. Hooker, Fantasy Island, Mission: Impossible, Time Trax, and Flipper.

Hayes died March 9, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. He was 68.

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