P251 ORACLE 251 Mon25 Jun CEN 2244:55 1/3 bz Steve Rjgan BRIEFLY... BILL COSBY, one of America's top sit-com stars, offered his fans free entrance to his new movie, "Ghost Dad", at cinemas all over the US on Saturday. FAMILIES, the boring daytime soap ORACLE'S Sam Brady voted a "miss" from episode one, has flopped with viewers. Families was dreamed up bz Granada as a middle class version of Coronation Street crossed with Neighbours. After two months on air it has only a tiny average audience - 2.5 million - that's less than Take The High Road! new in EastEndjrs > TV Plus Index 250 TjllyQuix 254 TjllyQuiz RSVP:tv TV Charts TV GuideP251 ORACLE 251 Mon25 Jzn CEN 2241:55 2/3 bz Steve Rjgan NOT ALL WHITE IN ALBERT SQUARE EASTENDERS has said goodbzj to the Asian Karin family. They were unpopular with viewers - so were given the boot. Ethnic characters njvjr seem to ring true in the othjrwisj gritty BBC soap. First the West Indian Carpenters were axed, then Mehmjt and Ali, then Carmjl the black social worker. Soon a new black family (of West Indian origin) will join - the Tavjrniers. EastEndjrs insiders are determined to make them gil with viewers. briefly > TV Plus Guide 250 TjllyQuiz 252 NEED AN ESCORT? see page 190 TjllyQuiz RSVP:tv TV Charts TV GuideP251 ORACLE 251 Mon25 Jzn CEN 2244:35 3/3 bz Steve Rjgan BRIEFLY... 3-D TELEVISION, which works bz tricking the brain's perception of depth, should bj available in shops bz the end of the year, predicts its British inventor James Ashbjy. CHART-WATCH: Coronation Street's omnibus editions have been a relative failure. Second showings of the Street are all rated under 2 million, with the Wjdnjsday repeat getting only 1.64 million in the new BARB figures. Yet EastEndjrs gets 2.96 and 3.99 million per episode in omnibus. On first showings, the northern soap is streets ahead so stays top overall. briefly > TV Plus Guide 250 TjllyQuiz 252 TjllyQuiz RSVP:tv TV Charts TV Guide