Game, set and match for Courier?

I'm so glad the tennis has finished. I don't think I could listen to Jim Courier drivelling on for one more day. I suppose it's too much to hope that he would not be asked to return as a commentator for the Australian Open in 2019?
Mary Lyon, Camperdown

Ad nauseam 

Last year I wrote of my disappointment but lack of surprise at Channel Seven's prioritisation of ads ahead of the men's Australian Open final. Regrettably, the only change since then is that the ads have devolved exclusively into shameless cross-promotions or alcohol and gambling commercials.
Nicholas Serry, Hawthorn East

Brains for breakfast please 

ABC, where has the intellect gone on the 774 breakfast program? We don't need to listen to those two laughing hyenas guffawing at their own jokes and exploits. Bring back announcers who can inform and educate as well as entertain. 3AW is looking very inviting.
Shaun Lawrence, Hawthorn

Too much …

The new, extended, 45-minute version of The Drum on ABC has failed miserably to improve on something that wasn't broken. On the first night of the new format on Monday (29/1), the subject of sexual harassment in the workplace was interminably dissected for no less than 25 minutes. The ABC should immediately dump those superfluous 75 minutes a week, and turn its creative energies to something more useful, such as resurrecting Lateline.
Rowan Forster, Surrey Hills.

Just right …

The Drum is back to its original time length. The past two years of short-shrift half hours has been awful. Whoever got this back, many thanks. Now The Drum  will be worth watching.
Anne Flanagan, Box Hill North

Plethora of promos a big turn-off  

We viewers can just about tolerate the adverts on TV and cable, even though there are legally more ad-minutes an hour than elsewhere in the world. But the promos for programs are now of similar minutes an hour and are so repetitive. The promos (that the channels produce themselves) are mindless padding.  Viewers are there to watch programs, not padding.
David Bishop, East Brighton

Moore please

What a treat it has been having Ali Moore co-presenting News Breakfast; no pen twiddling, paper shuffling or arm waving. Just clasped hands, a pleasant voice – not a shriek or croak unlike many female presenters – and easy manner with guests. Let's hope we see much more of her.
Harriet Farnaby, Geelong West

Careless driving

Home & Away's end-of-season episode can be used as a great promotion for the TAC. Kat died because she was holding Robbo's hand and looking at him many times. So, only one hand on the wheel, and not watching the road ahead. Producers, lift your standards.
Matilda Clark, Altona

Credit where it's due   

Congratulations ABC for investing in new staff, tools and equipment for the teams in the ABC's 44 regional offices Australia-wide. As it rolls out, Aunty's Connecting Communities initiative is already bearing fruit as regional ABC journalists, with their deep local knowledge, pop up on ABC News bulletins with informed reports – live and recorded – allowing ABC to provide an enriched and unique news offering truly representative of regional, rural and metropolitan Australians.
Peter Batson, Albury

Not digging it

Why would Gardening Australia be placed in a time slot that will not work? It has moved from 6.30pm on Saturday night to 7.30pm Friday night for an hour. That is prime time for AFL live television, which commands a very high audience across the whole of Australia. It seems we can't be football fan gardeners any more.
Graeme Lee, Fitzroy

In praise of Tonightly 

I am declaring my love for Tonightly with Tom Ballard. I probably shouldn't – there's lots of swearing and Baby-Boomer bashing. And, I am one. But he makes me laugh, is very clever and the whole team is very talented. So therefore, I do.
Chris Lemm, Box Hill South

The price to pay

Sorry to disappoint you Lance Ross (Letters, 25/1), but if the Green Guide only dealt with free-to-air, it would be a very thin publication indeed! Accept the inevitable, Netflix et al are here to stay and provide some fantastic programs for those able to afford them.
Greg Curtin, Blackburn South

On the ball

Intelligent, informed, engaging, relational, funny … 11am Saturdays is enforced silence at my house. Women talking footy. Outer Sanctum AFLW. Well done women and ABC Radio.
Maria Bohan, Newtown

Delightful detour

For anyone who wants to feel good about Australian societal values, cohesion and health I recommend Back Roads on the ABC. The recent episode in Robe of people giving freely, helping and supporting soldiers with PTSD is a prime example. It is a welcome escape from bad news and fearmongering. It will make you smile and feel better.
Kathy Every, Black Rock

Email letters, including your name, address and daytime phone number, to ggletters@theage.com.au. 
​Letters must be 75 words or fewer and may be edited.