Matlock's TikTok dance master Jason Ritter

Matlock's TikTok dance master Jason Ritter

Author: Bill Brioux June 9, 2025 Duration: 24:12
Send us Fan Mail Jason Ritter is my guest this week on brioux.tv: the podcast. I spoke with the 45-year-old actor recently at the Corus Entertainment Upfront in Toronto. Ritter is so thrilled to be on Matlock -- last season's biggest rookie hit on both Global in Canada and CBS in the US -- that he's been dancing up a storm on TikTok. We talk about that, working with Oscar-winner Kathy Bates, his famous dad John Ritter, his famous granddad Tex Ritter and what it's like being a thi...

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