I Smell a Mole

The Mole is coming back to TV! I can't wait for it's premier tomorrow night. In case you weren't a big "Mole" fan back in the day, here's a little background:

The Mole was originally created by a couple of awesome Belgians back in 1999. You know how I love the Belgians. Anyway the show originally aired in Flanders, where the home audience could watch a group of reality show participants work together to complete different challenges (both physical and mental) in order to watch their prize money pot grow. That's the easy part though. The trick is that one of the players is a "double-agent" assigned the role of the mole by the show's producers. This individual has two main jobs.

1. To keep their true identity as the mole a secret.
2. To keep the pot from growing, thus carefully sabotaging the team's challenges.

Put's them in a tough position, huh?

So, as the group remains totally suspicious of each other, while still trying to work as a team the drama unfolds. At the end of each episode a timed quiz is given where truly detailed and random questions are asked of each player in order to get an idea of who everyone thinks is the mole. Whoever had the most incorrect answers (or the slowest time in the case of a tie) is sadly sent home.

I freakin' love that show!

I first saw it in 2001 when it was first brought to the U.S.A (and here we thought we were the birthplace of reality tv-ha!). Then I again fell in love with it in 2002.

And who could forget The Mole's awesome host, none other than the now truly respected CNN host Anderson Cooper. Ooh, that silver haired fox! He's a winner in my book. (With a history in Mole affairs, how could he not be?)

Now, before I forget there was also a Celebrity Mole that aired in 2003 and 2004. I think a Baldwin was involved...

In other words, it was good, but not really in the same ballpark as the first two seasons. Enough said.

So stay tuned folks. After a four year pause we're all in for a treat. The show will premier tomorrow (June 2) on ABC at 10pm EST. Good times to be had for all. To be sure, I'll be giving my weekly commentary (kind of takes you back to the good ol' Kid Nation days, doesn't it?).

(If you're not in America you'll have to tell me if you also have a "Mole" show.) Personally I'd be happy to hear that the espionage reality show movement has gone global ;). Goooood stuff!