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Shemar Mooreis ready to help celebrateThe Young and the Restless’s50th birthday on CBS.
The actor, who rose to fame in 1994 as Malcolm Winters on the hit soap opera — a role that earned him a Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding supporting actor in 2000 — isreturning to reprise his fan-favorite roleon May 8, according to Deadline.
In the special episode, which will celebrate the soap’s milestone anniversary that took place earlier this week on March 26, Moore will reconnect with his daughter Lily (Christel Khalil) and nephews Devon (Bryton James) and Nate (Sean Dominic).
Celebrating the newson Instagram Friday, Moore, 52, wrote: “Aaayyee!!! Ya Boy Malcolm Winters is coming back to @youngandrestlesscbs on Monday MAY 8th 😱👊🏽”
Moore initially played Malcolm on the series from 1994 until his departure in 2005. He has since returned to the daytime drama multiple times over the years.
His last appearance came in 2019 when the show airedspecial tribute episodesto honor his late castmate and onscreen brother,Kristoff St. John, who played Neil Winters. St. Johndiedsuddenly at age 52 on Feb. 3, 2019.
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Frankie ended up making her debut ahead of schedule, arriving on Jan. 24.
As forThe Young and The Restless, the Daytime Emmy Award-winning CBS show kicked off its 50th anniversary season in September. Since then, the series has rolled out a number of celebrations from aglitzy cast phototo a fun walk down memory lane for fans.
To make things even more noteworthy,The Young and the Restlessachieved a major feat on March 27: airing over 12,500 episodes, totaling more than 9,000 hours of television.
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The Young and the Restlessairs weekdays (12:30 p.m. ET) on CBS and can be streamed afterwards on Paramount+.
source: people.com
