MSNBC’s Alex Wagner has been tapped to host Netflix’s reboot of the high-stakes competition series “The Mole,” which will premiere on the streamer Oct. 7.
“The Mole” is billed as a “reimagined version” of the cult ABC original and based on the Belgian format “De Mol,” created by Bart De Pauw, Michel Vanhove, Michiel Devlieger, and Tom Lenaerts and distributed by Primitives. In the show, 12 players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated “the Mole” and tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.
Netflix will release its 10 45-minute episodes over the course of three weeks. Executive producers are Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin, Wes Dening, Rikkie Proost,...
“The Mole” is billed as a “reimagined version” of the cult ABC original and based on the Belgian format “De Mol,” created by Bart De Pauw, Michel Vanhove, Michiel Devlieger, and Tom Lenaerts and distributed by Primitives. In the show, 12 players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated “the Mole” and tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.
Netflix will release its 10 45-minute episodes over the course of three weeks. Executive producers are Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin, Wes Dening, Rikkie Proost,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
A busy Alex Wagner, host of MSNBC’s Alex Wagner Tonight, is expanding her resume with another TV gig. Wagner has been named host of Netflix’s The Mole reboot. Netflix’s new version of the classic competition series is set to premiere October 7 on the streaming network.
The Mole, based on Belgian format De Mol, last aired on ABC from 2001-08 with Anderson Cooper as one of the initial hosts.
The Mole is a high-stakes competition series and in this reimagined version, twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated “the Mole” and tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.
Wagner was named to succeed...
The Mole, based on Belgian format De Mol, last aired on ABC from 2001-08 with Anderson Cooper as one of the initial hosts.
The Mole is a high-stakes competition series and in this reimagined version, twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated “the Mole” and tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.
Wagner was named to succeed...
- 9/8/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC’s Alex Wagner continues to pick up some of the most interesting jobs held by news anchors. First she took over the MSNBC time slot previously held by Rachel Maddow. Now she’s set to lead a reality show that was once the province of a young Anderson Cooper.
When Netflix launches a reboot of “The Mole,” the reality competition that was first broadcast in the U.S. by ABC in 2001, the program will be led by Wagner, according to a person familiar with the matter. Representatives for Netflix and MSNBC were not able to respond immediately to queries about the matter on Wednesday. Wagner’s role in the show was previously reported by Reality Blurred.
Cooper hosted the first season of the U.S. version of “The Mole” while he was still toiling for ABC News and before he moved to CNN. In the show, contestants are given...
When Netflix launches a reboot of “The Mole,” the reality competition that was first broadcast in the U.S. by ABC in 2001, the program will be led by Wagner, according to a person familiar with the matter. Representatives for Netflix and MSNBC were not able to respond immediately to queries about the matter on Wednesday. Wagner’s role in the show was previously reported by Reality Blurred.
Cooper hosted the first season of the U.S. version of “The Mole” while he was still toiling for ABC News and before he moved to CNN. In the show, contestants are given...
- 9/7/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
MSNBC is already feeling the loss of a five-days-a-week Rachel Maddow. The network has seen a viewership decline at the 9 p.m. Et hour since Alex Wagner took over the timeslot last week, both in overall viewership and within the advertiser-coveted age demographic of viewers aged 25 to 54.
In the week of Wagner’s debut last Tuesday, MSNBC’s total viewership for the hour dropped 15, from 2 million viewers the week prior to 1.73 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. The show dropped an even steeper 23 in the key news demo, from 214,000 viewers for the full week before to 164,000.
Among all the cable news networks, Wagner’s show still managed to finish second for the hour on the four nights she aired, behind Fox News’ “Hannity,” which nabbed 2.8 million total viewers. “CNN Tonight” was a distant third, with 766,000.
However, Wagner finished only slightly ahead of CNN in the key demo, drawing 164,000 compared to 162,000 for CNN.
In the week of Wagner’s debut last Tuesday, MSNBC’s total viewership for the hour dropped 15, from 2 million viewers the week prior to 1.73 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. The show dropped an even steeper 23 in the key news demo, from 214,000 viewers for the full week before to 164,000.
Among all the cable news networks, Wagner’s show still managed to finish second for the hour on the four nights she aired, behind Fox News’ “Hannity,” which nabbed 2.8 million total viewers. “CNN Tonight” was a distant third, with 766,000.
However, Wagner finished only slightly ahead of CNN in the key demo, drawing 164,000 compared to 162,000 for CNN.
- 8/25/2022
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
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