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.