ABC’s The Mole was a game of strategy and intrigue originally hosted by Anderson Cooper, and also aired two celebrity seasons. Each season has one player secretly working for the producers and against the other players, who are quizzed about The Mole’s identity. The Mole is coming back in 2021, filming a new season with American contestants in Australia.
The producers of Holey Moley appear to be rebooting The Mole for an unknown American network or streaming service, as a series currently called The Insider has the exact same format. It’s filming this summer in Australia.
The Mole debuted 15 years ago today on ABC. Here’s why, even a decade and a half later, it remains one the best reality television shows.
I was just wondering if you have ever applied to any reality tv show? Would you like to be a contestant in any reality, or be the subject of a docu-reality series? Just curious! –Francisco I’ve applied to one show: The Mole season two. That story in a minute. As to the other questions, the answer is …
More than a year ago, Anderson Cooper broke my heart. I was so crushed by what he said it’s taken me 13 months to write about it. Yes, this has to do with The Mole.
Former The Mole host Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show has been cancelled and will end at the end of next summer, finishing its second season. The show it has significantly improved since last season (and since he came out), adopting a format that includes banter with generally strong co-hosts and airing live, but its ratings …
The Mole host–and CNN host, talk show host, and 60 Minutes contributor–Anderson Cooper has come out as gay. This isn’t a surprise, since this has been not just rumored but reported as fact for years, and he’s even vaguely joked about it with Ryan Seacrest. It’s mostly newsworthy only because he’s refused to discuss his …
The Mole is one of the best reality competitions that has ever aired. It had the right combination of everything. From Anderson Cooper’s dry yet extremely personal hosting–he had dinner with the players!–to the challenges that perfectly combined physical and mental tasks to the conceit of having one player working for the producers, it was …
