#The Mole: Season Two Premiere Date and New Host Announced for Netflix Competition Series

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Get ready for the return of The Mole. Netflix has announced the premiere date for season two of the competition series, with Ari Shapiro (above) taking over the hosting duties from Alex Wagner for the new 10-episode season. Shapiro has hosted NPR’s All Things Considered since 2015.

This show is a revival of the reality series that ran for five seasons on ABC between 2001 and 2008. The hosts of that version were Anderson Cooper, Ahmad Rashad, and Jon Kelly.

Netflix released a press release with more about the series’ return:

THE MOLE is an unpredictable, high-stakes competition series hosted by journalist Ari Shapiro. In this 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.

The 10-episode season will be released in three parts. The release schedule is as follows:

• Batch 1: June 28 (Episodes 1–5)
• Batch 2: July 5 (Episodes 6–8)
• Batch 3: July 12 (Episodes 9–10)

More photos from season two of The Mole are below.

(Photo: Netflix)

(Photo: Netflix)

What do you think? Have you checked out this Netflix series? Do you plan to watch season two when it premieres next month?