Reruns are wonderful because it usually indicates that they had something going for them to begin with and that's why you're still looking at them. And in both my shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show and the last one, they were so well written and so good they hold up.

In May 2011 Moore underwent elective brain surgery to remove a benign meningioma. Moore has also been active in charity work and various political causes particularly around the issues of animal rights and Diabetes mellitus type 1. She also appeared in a number of films most notably 1980's Ordinary People in which Mary Tyler Moore played a role that was the polar opposite of the television characters Mary Tyler Moore had portrayed and for which Mary Tyler Moore was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.