In 2009, Mathews was a contributing correspondent on "The Insider", and hosted a web show with "The Insider" called "Inside Dish With Ross Mathews", where he took his viewers behind the scenes, as an "outsider" in Hollywood. "Inside Dish" became the official online web-shows for CBS's "Big Brother" and "The Amazing Race". Also in 2009, Mathews co-hosted GSN's "Big Saturday Night", a weekly game show. His other 2009 appearances included "The Howard Stern Show" and the 2009 Game Show Awards with Diane.