Ghen Maynard is a television producer and Senior Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming, at CBS Studios.
In 1988, Maynard received a degree in psychology from Harvard University[2] and pursued a career in publishing at Houghton Mifflin Company.
[3] Maynard joined CBS's drama department as an assistant in 1995, then manager in 1997,[4] helping to develop such series as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Maynard's championing of the reality series Survivor led to his promotion to head of CBS's nascent alternative programming department, where he is credited with developing The Amazing Race, the US version of Big Brother and UPN's America's Next Top Model.
But after shows such as Greatest American Dog, Armed & Famous, Secret Talents of the Stars failed to garner ratings,[7][8] Maynard was let out of his CBS contract 10 months early in 2008.