The Mole’s players traveled to Spain, where both a bull and a dice-rolling challenge knocked them off their feet, while Anderson Cooper asks three players to do everyone’s laundry for $10,000. Plus: thoughts on the executions.
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In The Mole season 1, episode 2, Steven is kidnapped by the producers and imprisoned where the Man in the Iron Mask was held, and the players have to find him. Later, they examine a Cartier watch while Anderson Cooper throws shade, and then play a game in a cornfield.
A recap of The Mole season 1, episode 1, “Part the First,” now streaming on Netflix, having premiered 20 years ago in the wake of Survivor Borneo, but before Survivor The Australian Outback.
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 …
If you’ve never watched The Mole, you now officially have no excuse. The entire first season, which has been on DVD for some time, is now available for free on Hulu. Hopefully, season two will follow, although it has never been released on DVD, so there could be rights issues. While the series first debuted …