The producers of “The Young and the Restless” want some Moore! As the CBS soap continues its 50th-anniversary celebrations, former star Shemar Moore will make a special appearance on the show.
According to Deadline, Moore will once again play Malcolm Winters in the “Y&R” episode airing on Monday, May 8, as the character returns to Genoa City to spend time with daughter daughter Lily (Christel Khalil) and nephews Devon (Bryton James) and Nate (Sean Dominic).
Moore got his start on “The Young and the Restless,” making his debut as Malcolm in 1994 and staying on the show until 2005. Along the way, the actor won a Daytime Emmy Award and three NAACP Image Awards for his performance.
The 52-year-old has returned to “Y&R” periodically since then, notably coming back in 2019 for tribute episodes to late actor Kristoff St. John, who played his brother Neil Winters on the show.
“I’m raised an only child, but Kristoff is truly the closest thing to a brother and a brother’s love and a brother’s mentorship that I’ve ever known,” Moore told People in 2019, after St. John died unexpectedly at age 52.
“Without Kristoff St. John, there’s no Neil Winters. Without Neil Winters, there’s no opportunity for Malcolm Winters. And without Malcolm Winters, there’s no Shemar Moore. And if Shemar Moore didn’t get my chance to try on ‘The Young and the Restless,’ then I don’t sit here today with let alone this career or this life,” he added.
These days, Moore is better known for his primetime TV work, having played Derek Morgan full-time on the CBS procedural “Criminal Minds” for 11 seasons between 2005 and 2016. Since 2017, he has starred as Sergeant Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson on “S.W.A.T.,” another CBS series, which is still awaiting a seventh-season renewal.
