Jeong is best known for producing and directing the popular reality shows The Genius, Society Game and The Great Escape.
[6][7] Also he also apologized after it has been revealed that the ciphertext appeared in the Great Escape has copied the Linto's language from Japanese TV series Kamen Rider Kuuga.
[8] Jung Jong-yeon's TV show "Decoding Meow"(Korean: 냐옹은 페이크다; lit.
The Cat is a Fake) has been controversial for Adoption fraud, Speciesism and Breed Discrimination, animal abuse.
In April 2020 it was alleged by internet users that Jung Jong-yeon was one of the participants in the Nth Room.