A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

STARRING CINDY CRAWFORD: After nearly 7 years since the last incarnation (and I'm not counting the Ahmad Rashad-hosted abominations), The Mole made its return to US airwaves. Much of the good's still there--a nicely eclectic cast, with a good mix of shapes, sizes, races, social class, and background, and nicely designed challenges in exotic locales. While Jon Kelley isn't Anderson Cooper, he's not Ahmad Rashad, either, and he'll do, at least for the moment. The biggest problem so far, though, is that casting apparently thought the show was desperately in need of "stock reality show villain #3" (the Omarosa model, which, alongside the Richard Hatch and Sanjaya models, remains a bestseller, while the "Wendy Pepper" has achieved limited sales outside of Bravo) in the form of "Dr. Whiner" Nicole, who already needs to shut up (and is so blatantly not The Mole, it's not even funny). Anyone else watching?