Dohring: ‘Moonlight’ Renewal Looks Positive

“I think the successful thing [came] more in the first episode, with the hedge fund trader, and the real estate,” he said in an interview with The TV Addict. “In the episode this Friday, you find out basically why he’s always concerned about Mick dating humans and being with humans, like what is that? There’s basically a personal reason that Josef’s gone through. I don’t know if it’s proper or whatever, but I always kind of take the idea that maybe Josef has gone through what Mick’s going through. Maybe one time he was a good person, and you’ll sort of see glimpses of that, you know, with my former hairstyle, and my really nice suit in New York in this week’s episode.”

Originally when the series premiered in the fall, “Moonlight” struggled to find its feet but since then has stabilized in the ratings to the point where it is now finally in a position to tell the types of stories the show wants to tell. But with the Writers Guild of America still on strike, the question becomes how much of a future does “Moonlight” really have? Well, according to Dohring there is reason to be positive that the series will be back for another season.

“Les Moonves [President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS] said a few days ago, some kind stuff about our show and The Big Bang Theory, about us coming back for a second season,” he revealed. “I can’t speak for the producers, but that was given in a press interview, which is obviously a good sign. There’s a lot of plus points. Our show is one of two shows that have been up-trending in viewership. So obviously that’s a good sign. We’re right around 8 million, which is pretty high. Having CBS as backup, promoing the show, you’re sitting there watching golf and see a promo, which helps out a lot. We just finished shooting No. 12 about three or four days ago. It was very good."

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