Jason Matheson is an entertainment reporter and film critic for FOX

20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...

-owned and operated station, KMSP-TV

KMSP-TV

KMSP-TV, channel 9, is the Fox-owned-and-operated television station serving the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota designated market area, owned in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WFTC...

, FOX 9 NEWS in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

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He began at KMSP

KMSP-TV

KMSP-TV, channel 9, is the Fox-owned-and-operated television station serving the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota designated market area, owned in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WFTC...

 in the spring of 2000 as executive producer of "The Buzz", a long-running and highly popular daily entertainment segment that covered local and national entertainment. Within months of his arrival at KMSP, he was moved in front of the camera as film critic for the station's newly-launched morning show, "Good Day Minnesota".

History

Matheson is originally from Michigan City, Indiana. He attended Columbia College Chicago

Columbia College Chicago

Columbia College Chicago is one of the largest art colleges in the United States with nearly 12,000 students pursuing degrees within 120 undergraduate and graduate programs...

, studying Communications and Television Production.

Matheson began his television career at WCCO-TV

WCCO-TV

WCCO-TV, is the CBS owned and operated television station that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota. Its transmitter is at the Telefarm complex in Shoreview, Minnesota.- History :...

 in Minneapolis. He began as an overnight dispatcher, working the weekend overnight shift. Within a few months he was promoted to assistant assignment editor and then to weekend assignment editor.

During his time at FOX 9, Matheson has interviewed celebrities from Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...

 to Cher

Cher

Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...

 to Will Smith

Will Smith

Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. , also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood...

 to Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,...

 to Randy Jackson

Randy Jackson

Randall Darius "Randy" Jackson is an American bassist, singer, record producer, music manager, A&R executive, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is best known as a judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew...

 and many more. In a trial by fire moment, his first-day assignment at KMSP was to go to Paisley Park to produce a segment with local music legend Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

. He now appears regularly in many FOX 9 newscasts, in many different roles. He has a twice-weekly segment called "The Must List," which spotlights the hottest things in entertainment. Matheson is also a sought after host of events, including the Regional Emmy Awards, The Miss Minnesota Pageant and Battle of the Bands.

In addition to FOX, Matheson provides reviews and entertainment reports for many of the Twin Cities' top rated radio stations.

On January 15, 2009, Matheson launched The Weekend Buzz on KMSP FOX 9 and sister station, WFTC My29, a half hour entertainment show with celebrity interviews, movie reviews, and entertainment releases. Matheson both anchors and acts as the shows' Executive Producer.

In September 2009, Matheson was named co-anchor of the newly expanded, FOX 9 weekday morning show called, "The Morning Buzz."

Radio Host

In addition to his work on television Matheson also co-hosts, "Jason & Alexis" with Alexis Thompson weekdays from 12-3 pm on myTalk 107.1 with replays of the day's show airing from 7-9 pm.

Awards and personal life

Matheson is a three-time Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

nominee and one-time winner as producer for a series of investigative promotions for FOX 9.

Matheson won the prestigious "40 Under 40" award in 2010.