The Mole returns!

Veruka · 01-08-2008, 09:50 AM

This news makes me so happy!!!

''The Mole'' returning to ABC | The Mole | Television News | News + Notes | Entertainment Weekly

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(FROM VARIETY) – The Mole is returning to ABC for the first time in four years. The network has placed a 10-episode order to Stone & Co. Entertainment (Tim Gunn's Guide to Style), and casting and pre-production are already underway, with shooting scheduled to start this spring for a run this summer. An ABC executive said the network planned on reviving the reality competition series even before the writers' strike. The first two editions of The Mole, which aired in 2001 and 2002, earned ABC's top ratings among adults 18-34 for both years. ABC also ran two seasons of Celebrity Mole in 2003 and 2004. The resurrected show will return to the original format, without celebrities, though there will be small tweaks. ''We simplified it to where the people at home can play along,'' said Stone & Co. principal Scott Stone. ''And the quiz will be much shorter than in the past.'' No host has been chosen yet. Anderson Cooper hosted the first two editions, and Ahmad Rashad hosted the celebrity versions. (Variety)

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bbnbama · 01-08-2008, 10:30 AM

I'm excited to hear this too Veruka...its also where I first fell in love with Anderson Cooper!!

**hepcat** · 01-08-2008, 10:54 AM

Yes! I want to be on this show, too - have they filmed it? I love the Mole!

Veruka · 01-08-2008, 10:59 AM

It says that casting is underway, which means its not done yet. Go Hepcat, go! If you get on the show, and let everyone else know you're the moderator of a reality tv internet forum, that HAS to lead other participants to think you're the mole, doesn't it?

justCoz · 01-08-2008, 05:38 PM

This is fantastic news. This is one of my most favorite reality tv shows. Next to TAR I think it's 2nd. The thing I really enjoy about both of them is that it's more up to them individually how they do than on vote-off shows. Luck plays some part as well as fate, but otherwise it's more performance based. I will be anticipating this show.

Veruka · 01-08-2008, 05:43 PM

I agree with you. I also like the fact that with The Mole, you can play along at home to a degree.

buglover · 01-08-2008, 06:01 PM

I'm glad this is going to be on. It is entertaining and interesting, not a trainwreck love show.

canadian_angel · 01-08-2008, 09:28 PM

I was so excited when I read this online. This is one of the first reality shows that I really loved. I love that you have to use your mind!! It's so appealing to me and I never understood how it just sort of vanished.

CrossingGuard · 01-09-2008, 05:27 AM

^That was the face I made the whole time I was reading that article. I never thought that the Mole would come back. But I'm so happy it is! It's actually the very first reality show that I got in to.

CupidGuest · 01-09-2008, 09:02 AM

This is fantastic news! I loved the Mole!

01-08-2008, 10:30 AM	#2
bbnbama All hail King E.D........ Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In my own little world where all things are Idol...... Age: 41 Posts: 9,845	Re: The Mole returns! I'm excited to hear this too Veruka...its also where I first fell in love with Anderson Cooper!! __________________ Reality is the beginning...not the end....Wallace Stevens

01-08-2008, 10:54 AM	#3
hepcat On Vacation! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: absent Posts: 24,159 Blog Entries: 3	Re: The Mole returns! Yes! I want to be on this show, too - have they filmed it? I love the Mole! __________________ THE SMEAR: Barack Obama got 100% on "Through the Fire and Flames" on Guitar Hero. THE TRUTH: Barack Obama is a DDR fanatic.

01-08-2008, 10:59 AM	#4
Veruka FORT Fogey Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 5,211	Re: The Mole returns! It says that casting is underway, which means its not done yet. Go Hepcat, go! If you get on the show, and let everyone else know you're the moderator of a reality tv internet forum, that HAS to lead other participants to think you're the mole, doesn't it? __________________ "When you believe in nothing, you will believe anything"

01-08-2008, 05:38 PM	#5
justCoz FORT Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 630	Re: The Mole returns! This is fantastic news. This is one of my most favorite reality tv shows. Next to TAR I think it's 2nd. The thing I really enjoy about both of them is that it's more up to them individually how they do than on vote-off shows. Luck plays some part as well as fate, but otherwise it's more performance based. I will be anticipating this show.

01-08-2008, 05:43 PM	#6
Veruka FORT Fogey Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 5,211	Re: The Mole returns! I agree with you. I also like the fact that with The Mole, you can play along at home to a degree. __________________ "When you believe in nothing, you will believe anything"

01-08-2008, 06:01 PM	#7
buglover Zac fighting on! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CA Age: 34 Posts: 7,230 Blog Entries: 4	Re: The Mole returns! I'm glad this is going to be on. It is entertaining and interesting, not a trainwreck love show. __________________ Roasting in the California Sun.

01-08-2008, 09:28 PM	#8
canadian_angel Home to loving arms Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: the province with the really long name Age: 24 Posts: 4,207	Re: The Mole returns! I was so excited when I read this online. This is one of the first reality shows that I really loved. I love that you have to use your mind!! It's so appealing to me and I never understood how it just sort of vanished.

01-09-2008, 05:27 AM	#9
CrossingGuard Katee to Win SYTYCD4! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,132 Blog Entries: 1	Re: The Mole returns! ^That was the face I made the whole time I was reading that article. I never thought that the Mole would come back. But I'm so happy it is! It's actually the very first reality show that I got in to. __________________ Proud Jensa member. Favorites of the Summer! SYTYCD - Katee, ~~Kourtni~~, ~~Matt~~ ; BB - Angie, Keesha ; Mole - ~~Kristen~~, Nicole ; ILM - Destiney, Hoopz ; ABDC - Fanny Pak ; PR -

01-09-2008, 09:02 AM	#10
CupidGuest FORT Fogey Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NY Posts: 2,714	Re: The Mole returns! This is fantastic news! I loved the Mole!