Anyone else remember Anderson Cooper and "The Mole"?

[Bucsfan67]

This was my favorite reality show ever......it was such a tough game, and combined the best aspects of other shows, without all the gross eating of Survivor, or the backstabbing on other shows...

Anderson Cooper of CNN FAME now, was the original host and it aired for 3 seasons on ABC.......i would never miss this show...

Just read where ABC is bringing it back this summer for another run.....I highly doubt that Anderson will be hosting again, as he wouldnt have the time, but this is a great show.....hopefully it will come back successfully and will run for a couple more seasons....Its much better than survivor and big brother, and maybe even a little better than Amazing Race which is currently my fav reality show..

Just wondered if anyone else remmeber watching this show?

[MCP]

i got that beat

i remember anderson cooper from channel one news.. im curious to see if anyone else's school showed that show

[wrigley]

Yes I do it was a good show just hope they use regular folks and not celebrities cant see CNN letting Anderson Cooper go to ABC and do the show sure we get new host.

[Bucsfan67]

Originally Posted by wrigley

Yes I do it was a good show just hopethey use regular folks and not celebrities

yeah, i didnt like the celebrity version as well....from what i see, this is a regular season of real people competing for around 1/2 million dollars...

[Journeyman]

Wow , I had forgotten he was the guy on that show.

[Bucsfan67]

yeah, i just looked, he "chose" to leave after the second season to go to CNN....so i wouldnt think he would be going back......but he was a damn good host on that show...very serious.....this is what i found when i looked:



ABC

In 1995, Cooper became a correspondent for ABC News, eventually rising to the position of co-anchor of World News Now on September 21, 1999. In 2000 he switched career paths, taking a job as the host of ABC's reality show The Mole:

“

My last year at ABC, I was working overnights anchoring this newscast then during the day at 20/20. So I was sleeping in two- or four-hour shifts, and I was really tired and wanted a change. I wanted to clear my head and get out of news a little bit, and I was interested in reality TV—and it was interesting."[13]

”

Cooper was also a fill in co-host for Regis Philbin for the TV talk show Live with Regis and Kelly in 2007 when Philbin underwent triple bypass heart surgery. He recapped the show for viewers of Anderson Cooper 360, often poking fun at the way he laughed.

[edit] CNN

He left The Mole after its second season to return to broadcast news in 2001, now at CNN: "Two seasons was enough, and 9/11 happened, and I thought I needed to be getting back to news.^[13

[Bucsfan67]

Game Show "The Mole" Returns

Dubbed television's smartest reality show, ABC is bringing back "The
Mole," featuring new "whodunit" game elements, interactivity and a new host.
Casting information can be found at The Mole - Casting.

"The Mole," based on the hit Belgian format, will be produced by Stone &
Company Entertainment and follows a group of players as they try to figure out
who among them is The Mole, a saboteur trying to keep them from winning money.
Players must decide who they think The Mole is and then learn as much about him
or her as they can, because, at the end of each one-hour episode, the player who
knows the least about The Mole is immediately eliminated from the game. In the
final dramatic episode, The Mole is revealed and one of two final players wins a
substantial cash prize.

The highly-rated ABC unscripted series aired in various time periods
during its four-season run, and was a consistent draw with key young adult
viewers opposite established network competition, including NBC's "Law & Order"
and the inaugural season of Fox's "American Idol." "The Mole" ranked either No.
1 or No. 2 in its respective slots each season with Adults 18-34 and took second
place in each of its time periods among Adults 18-49. Despite facing stiff
demographic competition, "The Mole" improved each of its time periods among
Adults 18-34.

The original series, produced by Stone Stanley Entertainment, was hosted
by Anderson Cooper. Producers are launching a nationwide search to replace
Cooper. In addition to a new host, new features, new games, new locations and
online and mobile interactivity are planned for the series. Casting for players
begins immediately.

Scott A. Stone is executive producer.

[Journeyman]

He was very serious on the show, and had a mystique about him which added to the show, funny now remembering it was him.

[Bucsfan67]

Originally Posted by Journeyman

He was very serious on the show, and had a mystique about him which added to the show, funny now remembering it was him.

yeah, he was real good..


I am just really happy to read this, cuz it really was one of my favorite reality shows ever....I loved it so much, i even went as far as to download the application to apply for the show....but it was like 14 pages long, and then u had to include a 5 minute video, and a bunch of other stuff so i never followed through....but at my last job, i got most of the other people watching by the end of the 1st season, as anyone who actually watched it and gave it a chance liked it...we had a pool at work for the 1st 2 seasons on who the mole was......it was alot of fun....one of those "water cooler" shows, becuase everyone might catch something that someone else didnt catch the night before....and unlike survivor and other shows, the audience DOES NOT know who the saboteur is, or any of the inside info...you are playing along with the people as well..

[wrigley]

Ahmad Rashad hosted celebrity mole

ABC revives 'The Mole', new non-celebrity edition to debut in summer - Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, chat and games for unscripted television programs


Anderson Cooper helmed The Mole's first two editions, but Variety reported he isn't available to host its ABC revival due to his current gig with CNN, which also prevented him from hosting the show's celebrity editions. Ahmad Rashad, who hosted The Mole's two watered-down celebrity installments in Cooper's place, wasn't asked to return, according to Variety.

"We're looking for someone in the Anderson mode, a little mysterious but full of comedy," Stone told Variety. "It could be a breakout role for someone."

[Bucsfan67]

Originally Posted by wrigley

Ahmad Rashad hosted celebrity mole

ABC revives 'The Mole', new non-celebrity edition to debut in summer - Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, chat and games for unscripted television programs


Anderson Cooper helmed The Mole's first two editions, but Variety reported he isn't available to host its ABC revival due to his current gig with CNN, which also prevented him from hosting the show's celebrity editions. Ahmad Rashad, who hosted The Mole's two watered-down celebrity installments in Cooper's place, wasn't asked to return, according to Variety.

"We're looking for someone in the Anderson mode, a little mysterious but full of comedy," Stone told Variety. "It could be a breakout role for someone."

thats a little different than what i read and posted....i read it to say he left the mole to return to news, like he didnt want to do it anymore...this sounds like he simply accepted the great offer at CNN and therefore "couldnt" return to the Mole......which makes more sense.....it was a good gig for him at the time...cuz the first season was highly rated

[wrigley]

Im glad they did not ask Rashad back to host it, They need someone like Cooper who took it more serious

[Bucsfan67]

Originally Posted by wrigley

Im glad they did not ask Rashad back to host it, They need someone like Cooper who took it more serious

thats true, but it was just a whole different show when it was the celebrities...so of course Ahmad was a different kind of host......its a very "thinking" game when its real players, and Anderson made for a perfect host..I actually think the guy who does Amazing Race would be real good for this role, but since its on CBS, that wont happen either..

[wrigley]

And please not Kathy Griffin wasnt she the mole in one of the celeb editions

[wrigley]

wonder if they might try one of the ESPN anchors like they did with Greenie when he hosted dual a month ago.

Since ABC and ESPN are affliated how about Brent Musbeger

[Bucsfan67]

Originally Posted by wrigley

And please not Kathy Griffin wasnt she the mole in one of the celeb editions

no, she was a player...she hosted the reunion show....she lost in the game, where Frederique (supermodel) was the mole.....

[Bucsfan67]

[wrigley]

Thanks Bucs!

[Bucsfan67]

Woo Hoo....!!!!


ABC just announced that the 3rd season of "The Mole" debuts on Monday, June 2nd.......

[wrigley]

Originally Posted by Bucsfan67

Woo Hoo....!!!!


ABC just announced that the 3rd season of "The Mole" debuts on Monday, June 2nd.......

Some guy named Jon Kelley is hosting it

The Mole - Host and Contestant Bios - ABC.com


Jon Kelley co-hosted "Extra's" one-hour weekend edition and was the show's primary correspondent for the daily show from 2001 through 2007. In December, he co-hosted ABC's "Holiday with the Stars" and just recently co-hosted ABC's "All-star Tribute to Movies" on Oscar Sunday. Kelley's diverse broadcast career has spanned over 15 years in news, sports and entertainment.

Before joining "Extra," Kelley served as the main anchor for the Fox Sports Network's "The National Sports Report," and the lead anchor for the weekly series, "Baseball Today." Prior to Fox, Kelley was the lead sports anchor on the NBC owned-and-operated station WMAQ-TV in Chicago.

During his eight years in Chicago, Kelley was widely regarded as one of the region's top sports anchors and directors, covering the World Championship Bulls in all six of the team's title seasons. In addition to his nightly sportscasts, Kelley hosted the number one rated "Sports Sunday," WMAQ-TV's half-hour, expanded sports highlights program. There he shared the anchor desk with some of the city's most dynamic sports and entertainment personalities, including NBA rebounding star Dennis Rodman and "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno. Kelley joined WMAQ-TV as a sports reporter and weekend anchor in April 1991.

While at WMAQ-TV, Kelley was part of a sports team that earned such prestigious awards the Chicago/Midwest Emmy award for producing and anchoring his hour-long special highlighting the Chicago Bulls' quest for a fifth championship. Kelley also received the Peter Lisagor Award for Sports Journalism and an Illinois Broadcasters Association Silver Dome Award for Best Sportscast.

Kelley has also done stints as a sports reporter and weekend sports anchor at WDAF-TV, Channel 4, the Fox affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri, and worked as a news reporter at KMTV-TV in Omaha, Nebraska. He began his career as a weekend sports anchor and reporter at KTIV-TV in Sioux City, Iowa.

Born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, Kelley played four seasons as a running back for the University of Nebraska before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism. He signed as a free agent with the Denver Broncos in 1988 before embarking on a broadcasting career.

Kelley is the co-author of the book "Breaking Into Broadcasting," a guide to landing one's first (or next) on-air job in television.

[Bucsfan67]

starts next monday night Wrigs....


i'm sure you'll be watching as well..

[Bucsfan67]

Wake up Wrigs....!!!!


our show starts tonight, only waited 6 years to see it again..

[Bucsfan67]

Wrigs, did u see it last week?

Its on tonight again...

[Piranha]

Originally Posted by Bucsfan67

Just read where ABC is bringing it back this summer for another run.....I highly doubt that Anderson will be hosting again, as he wouldnt have the time, but this is a great show.....hopefully it will come back successfully and will run for a couple more seasons....Its much better than survivor and big brother, and maybe even a little better than Amazing Race which is currently my fav reality show..

For myself I enjoy Survivor, Big Brother and Amazing Race more than the Mole. Because of the popularity of those 3 shows it is the reasons they have been running for so many years

[Bucsfan67]

Originally Posted by Piranha

For myself I enjoy Survivor, Big Brother and Amazing Race more than the Mole. Because of the popularity of those 3 shows it is the reasons they have been running for so many years

I like all 3 of those as well, but if a person gives "the mole" a chance, its really fun to watch and try to figure out....there is a lot of "game play" going on, and its much more of a mind game than the other shows, and not as much of a popularity contest...

[Bucsfan67]

well we are about to find out who the Mole is......I pegged Mark as the mole in week #1 and he is still there.....but i am now thinking it might be the black lady....but i cant go back on my original prediction..

[Bucsfan67]

well the person i pegged as the Mole, actually ended up winning the game and over 400,000 dollars.....

Craig was the Mole, and he did a great job.....very likeable and it will be interesting in the next 1/2 hour when they show the ways that he sabotaged the games, and then they show the secret clues throughout the game that you could have caught on....

thats always the best part