In keeping with the creature it's been named after, or even the profession dubbed after it, the reality competition show,
The Mole, has re-emerged after four years in hibernation. ABC has issued the order for Stone & Co. Entertainment to produce 10 installments of the said program.
It's been a while since
The Mole was on the air and Scott Stone of Stone Stanley Productions couldn't be happier.
Your Take
theGman said:
Very excited for the return of my favorite reality show! The first two seasons really were special. I cou...
gusgus said:
I loved this when it first came out. But it was impossible for us viewers to figure out the Mole (i.e. And...
80sPro said:
Yeah BuddyD! Class is the right word to use. Welcome aboard!
"It was just about getting the timing right," Stone said. When Stone Stanley closed shop and dissolved in 2004 after producing all four
Mole editions from 2001 to 2004, Scott Stone never forgot the series and has been biding his time to resurrect it under his new outfit.
"If anyone asks me what my favorite show has been, I've answered
The Mole," Stone declared. "Not surprisingly, this has been a passion of mine since the option lapsed three or four years ago. In my staff meeting every week, people would say, 'Don't even bring it up.' I kept throwing it out that it was eventually going to be the right time. And it perennially ends up on lists of people's favorite reality shows. That kept the fires burning inside me."
"This is a show we honestly love and people ask us about all the time," ABC Entertainment alternative series senior VP John Saade announced in like fashion. "We were looking to bring the show back even when the writers were working.”
The Mole is slated to return in its original format during its 2001 and 2002 editions. Contestants will travel through a foreign country, completing different tasks and solving various puzzles along the way to up the money in the winner's pot. While taking on their challenges, the contenders must also figure out which of their opponents is
The Mole – a player who is actually a plant instructed to sabotage the game and put a ceiling to the money up for grabs.
Each episode culminates with a quiz where the lowest scorer is sent home. Whoever is left still in the game and standing with
The Mole winds up with the money pot, which could be as much as a cool million dollars.
Anderson Cooper hosted the first two seasons of
The Mole, but is unavailable to resume his hosting duties due to his commitments with CNN. Instead, former
Extra anchor Jon Kelley will take over the hosting gig.
The Mole takes off Monday, June 2, from 10-11pm on ABC.
-Rosario Santiago, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: Variety
(Image Courtesy of ABC)