Jayson Dinsmore Executive Vice President, Development Jayson Dinsmore serves as executive vice president of development for CMT, and oversees all development for the channel, reporting to CMT President Brian Philips. Dinsmore is based in Santa Monica and leads the development teams based out of the network’s LA, Nashville and NY offices. Since joining the network in February 2011, Dinsmore has delivered an ambitious line-up of new originals, including such break-out hits as MY BIG REDNECK VACATION, REDNECK ISLAND and BAYOU BILLIONAIRES, which rank among CMT’s top three most successful series launches ever. Dinsmore greenlit a number of diverse shows and the network now has more original series in development than any time in its history. This winter, CMT will debut a third season of MY BIG REDNECK VACATION starring the Clampet family. Currently in development is the new CMT series with Dog the Bounty Hunter and his wife, Beth Chapman, as well as the network’s first animated series, BOUNTY HUNTER, both of which will premiere this year. Previously, Dinsmore spent over a decade at NBC Entertainment where he served in several capacities including Senior Vice President, Alternative Development, and Vice President, Alternative Programming & Development, responsible for a variety of shows including “Deal or No Deal,” “The Sing-Off,” “Minute To Win It,” “The Restaurant” and “Three Wishes.” He was Executive Producer on such shows as “Last Comic Standing” and “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” On the specials front, Dinsmore has overseen production on the Tournament of Roses and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parades, Miss USA and Miss Universe Pageants, and the Golden Globes. Most recently, The Hollywood Reporter named Dinsmore as “one to watch” in their 2012 “Reality TV: THR’s 50 Most Powerful List.” He served as a visiting professor at UCLA from 2007-2010, teaching in the school’s Film, Television and Digital Media department. A native of Texas, he graduated from Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas. (Updated 1/2013)