Jayson Belt

Jayson Belt

Executive Producer | Showrunner | Live and Unscripted

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The Spell Off LIVE!

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Global Citizen Prize

03

Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony, "Imagine"

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Songland

05

iHeart Jingle Ball

06

iHeartRadio Podcast Awards

07

Grand Slam Track

08

Teen Choice Awards

2008 to 2017. The edit bay.
American Idol
The Voice
America's Got Talent
So You Think You Can Dance
MasterChef
American Ninja Warrior
Bachelor in Paradise
Hollywood Game Night
Don't Forget the Lyrics
Hole in the Wall
Moment of Truth
Better Late Than Never
Dr. Phil
BET Hip Hop Awards
America's Best Dance Crew
Prison Diaries
Tia and Tamera
Win, Lose or Draw
The Winner Is
Downfall
Repeat After Me
Take Me Out
Copycat
Surviving the Cut
Women Behind Bars
Celebrity Roasts
Then I started running the show.
Skills
04

Building a production from zero

Standing up the plan, calendar, staffing, vendor RFPs, and reporting systems for a series with no existing infrastructure.

The Spell Off LIVE!Grand Slam Track
06

Remote and distributed production

Broadcast-standard delivery across fifteen-plus territories during lockdown, with international talent and partners.

Global Citizen Prize
07

Development and slate strategy

Leading formats from pitch through greenlight for broadcast, streaming, and digital buyers, and stress-testing every concept against what it will cost.

SonglandTeen Choice Awards
09

Data-informed decisions

Reading platform and audience data across YouTube, TikTok, streaming, and broadcast, and making the pivotal creative and format calls the numbers point to.

The Spell Off LIVE!Grand Slam Track
10

Story and editorial

A decade in the edit bay on the highest-rated unscripted franchises on television, in Avid, Premiere, and Pro Tools.

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Multi-platform and live-streamed formats

Broadcast standards carried onto YouTube, TikTok LIVE, Twitch, Roblox, and Fortnite, and back again.

The Spell Off LIVE!
12

Music and audio

Atlantic Records artist, eighty-plus sync placements, and a working fluency in audio post from the artist's side of the glass.

SonglandiHeart Jingle Ball
15+
years in television
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shows
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networks and platforms
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About

Jayson Belt is an executive producer and showrunner of live and unscripted television.

He most recently developed, executive produced, and showran the first season of The Spell Off LIVE!, an eight-episode live celebrity competition series built from a standing start for EightState Studios and Deviants Media and streamed live on YouTube and TikTok from PC&E Atlanta. Launched with no existing channel or audience, the season reached 9.7 million YouTube views.

His live event credits as executive producer and showrunner include the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards, iHeart Jingle Ball for the CW, and the "Imagine" segment of the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony. He co-executive produced and showran Global Citizen Prize for NBC, the Fast Times at Ridgemont High virtual table read, and the 45th Annual Saturn Awards, and served as co-executive producer on Songland and Hollywood Game Night for NBC and on the Teen Choice Awards and Teen Fest for Fox. On the inaugural season of Grand Slam Track he was Creative Producer, developing all athlete content and building the voice of the league's athletes.

As VP of Development at Live Animals / Deviants Media, he leads the slate from pitch through greenlight for broadcast, streaming, and digital buyers, and sits between creative teams and line producers, translating what a format wants to be into what it will cost and how it gets made.

He began in the edit bay on American Idol, The Voice, America's Got Talent, and So You Think You Can Dance. Before television he was the lead singer and songwriter of The Red West, signed to Atlantic Records. He lives in Los Angeles.

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