They know Jack
Thank you to Suzanne Ryan for the wonderful article on my all-time favorite local anchor, Jack Williams (''I've made a living on being underestimated," Living/Arts, Feb. 20). He is knowledgeable, trustworthy, and a solid anchorperson. We are thrilled that he has been given a more favorable TV news anchor position, and we have moved back to Channel 4.
LOIS TOEPPNER
Westborough
'Arrested' and sent away
Thanks for Matthew Gilbert's great column about the end of ''Arrested Development" (''Bye Bye, Bluths," Style & Arts, Feb. 9). It's so sad that networks don't realize what brilliance looks or sounds like. What do we watch now? Just like other shows too smart for the masses, ''Arrested Development" suffered from lack of interest due to the dumbing of America. I guess we might as well enjoy ''Scrubs" and ''The Bernie Mac Show" while they last.
ADRIANA ANGULO
Arlington
Thanks for Matthew Gilbert's article (obituary?) on ''Arrested Development." He contrasted the ''safe" family sitcoms to this edgier portrayal but missed one important bit of irony. The show is narrated by none other than Ron Howard, Opie from ''The Andy Griffith Show" and Richie Cunningham from ''Happy Days." If his two former TV families didn't embody the antithesis of the Bluths, I don't know who does.
MATTHEW HAKOLA
Brighton
Parting is sweet, no sorrow
My friend and I walked out during intermission (''In ART's 'Romeo and Juliet,' rage consumes the romance," Weekend, Feb. 17, Ed Siegel). With two or three exceptions, the actors were mostly unintelligible. Shrieking was a substitute for acting; the knife fights were well staged, but the rest of the frenetic running about was a distraction. The production is an example of the ART's unstated assumption that the director is more important than the playwright, that the playwright's language is not really that important. Now I know why the ART has never staged an Edward Albee play.
BLAIR F. BIGELOW
Pelham
Getting 'Curious'
Ty Burr is obviously basing his review of ''Curious George" on an adult opinion and memories of the cartoon (''Only kids will go bananas over 'Curious George,' " Weekend, Feb. 10). I see the movie as a way to get small children interested in Curious George, which leads to children being interested in reading other books.
ANDY WIERSMA
Springfield, Ill.
Mis-Fortune
I enjoyed Joan Anderman's article about J.D. Fortune and INXS, although my wife and I will never buy new music releases with Fortune (''INXS finds good Fortune," Weekend, Feb. 10).
We watched the entire ''Rock Star: INXS" series and were completely dismayed by their choice. We came away feeling that Fortune had been their choice all along and the show was a big ruse to get them back in the spotlight. Fortune was the least talented of the final six performers.
BILL CHATIGNY
Amesbury
Gender confusion
I agree with Ed Siegel's rave review (''Trinity Rep's 'Hamlet' crackles with energy," Weekend, Feb. 3). Only question for me was casting a woman as Polonius. Laertes's cry of ''Give me my mother" didn't seem to wash.
CHRIS JACKSON
Walpole
A new 'Friends'?
I agree with Matthew Gilbert's assessment of ''How I Met Your Mother" (''With work, 'How I Met Your Mother' could be the next 'Friends,' " Living/Arts, Feb. 6). To be great, a show has to have likable characters who make viewers care about them (''Seinfeld" being the exception). That is why ''News Radio" was never as popular as ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show." You liked Ted Baxter despite his boorishness because Ted Knight and the writers injected a humanity into the character, something the writers and Phil Hartman never did on ''News Radio."
BRUCE FREEDMAN
Bedford
An essential point
In his review of ''No Exit," Ed Siegel states that ''existence is more important than essence basically, actions speak louder than words." (''Two to tangle," Weekend, Jan. 13.) If I remember correctly from my French philosophy course, it's the other way around: existence precedes essence.
I agree with most of Siegel's review, though Inez was more ''femme fatale" than ''hard as nails," a characterization I found counter to my original interpretation. But Paula Plum managed to hit a true note, and the ensemble worked effectively. Thank you to Siegel for many well-written and influential opinions.
DIANE JUSTER
Lexington
'Scrubs' shines
Matthew Gilbert's nice article on ''Scrubs" was right on point ('' 'Scrubs' stays an inventive operation," Living/Arts, Jan. 3). It is a very amusing sitcom that has spontaneous comedic comments, great characters, slapstick, and usually a little message at the end.
VAL ADAMS
Ann 
