'Princesses Long Island' premieres, plus more reality TV news

The cast of "Princesses: Long Island" in Great Neck Estates. (May 8, 2013) Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara
'PRINCESSES: LONG ISLAND.' In the premiere of the new Bravo show, we meet all the main cast except Jericho's Casey Cohen, who's scheduled for episode two. Amanda Bertoncini preps for Erica Gimbel's pool party by going swimsuit shopping at one of the Great Shape stores with her boyfriend, Jeff, and her cougar mom, Babs -- who to Amanda's embarrassment wants to tag along to the party. At a Friday-evening Shabbat dinner with Orthodox Jew Chanel Omari, her younger sister Ashley and their parents, we meet Ashley's fiance, Danny, and hear Mom express concern over Chanel getting too old to have kids. Elsewhere, Ashlee White brings Joey Lauren along to help her chose a dress for her 30th birthday, and Ashlee and her dad get mani-pedis.
PREMIERES. Tuesday at 9 p.m., it's the season premiere of NBC's "America's Got Talent," with new judges Mel B and Heidi Klum and the returning Howard Stern and Howie Mandel... On TNT Thursday, Dwayne"The Rock"Johnson hosts the physical and moral competition "The Hero" at 8 p.m., with Centereach's Marty McCloskey among the contestants... And Sunday night offers season eight of the interior-design competition "HGTV Star" at 8, and two season premieres on History: "Mountain Men" season two at 9, and "Ice Road Truckers" season seven at 10.
RECAPS.Desiree Hartsock ousted five bachelors at the rose ceremony -- and another one, Jonathan, even before that -- on "The Bachelorette"... "The Voice" cut Judith Hill and Sarah Simmons, leaving the top six... And Carlo Fuda is no longer baking food on "The American Baking Competition."
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