Well it took awhile, but ABC has finally announced a premiere date for Celebrity Mole Yucatan, the fourth installment of its The Mole reality series. Greenlighted in March 2003, filmed in Spring 2003 in Mexico, and first announced in June 2003, the series will premiere on Wednesday, January 14 at 10PM ET following the premiere of the second installment of network's The Bachelorette series.

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During the seven episode series, returning Celebrity Mole Hawaii players Stephen Baldwin and Corbin Bernsen will be joined by former VJ and talk show host Ananda Lewis, comedian Mark Curry, sitcom stars Tracy Gold and Keisha Knight Pulliam, supermodel Angie Everhart, and legendary basketball bad boy Dennis Rodman as they all complete in a series of challenging physical and mental games, while using all their guile to uncover clues that could earn them up to $250,000. Onetime NFL star Ahmad Rashad also returns as host.

As in previous editions of the series, each of the eight celebrities will try to figure out who among them is The Mole, a person planted by the producers to sabotage their efforts to win money. The celebrities will use all their guile to uncover clues that could lead the winner to a pot of up to $250,000, which the winner gets to keep. In Celebrity Mole Hawaii, the winner, comedienne Kathy Griffin, took home $233,000.

"We learned from Celebrity Mole Hawaii that performers play this game very, very well because their acting abilities raise their level of deception," said Scott A. Stone, executive producer of the series .

Celebrity Mole Yucatan is produced by Stone Stanley Entertainment. David G. Stanley, Scott A. Stone and Clay Newbill are executive producers.