After 4 years ABC is bringing back Emmy Award winning reality show The Mole. It appears the reason we haven’t seen a new show in some time is because the producers lost the rights to the original format. They’ve solved the issue and have started planning the return. Variety has:

Stone said the new version has been simplified, but said he hasn’t “dumbed it down.” “We simplified it to where the people at home can play along,” he said. “And the quiz will be much shorter than in the past.” Anderson Cooper, who hosted the first two editions, remains at CNN and isn’t available to host; Ahmad Rashad, who hosted the celeb editions, hasn’t been asked to return. Stone said he’s scouting for a host in Cooper’s vein.

Although The Mole didn’t appear on my radar until the celebrity edition. It was a very enjoyable show and one of the more interesting reality shows. This particular show seems to have more credibility than most of the other reality shows, so it is good to see such it return.

It’ll be interesting to see what he means by “simplified”. Having not watched the first 2 seasons, I’m unsure what he could be alluding too. Let’s hope it doesn’t get “dumbed down” to the reality-drek that we seem to get more often than not.