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Fun designers make "Million Dollar Decorators" accessible

I would have preferred another season of "9 By Design" Bravo's last design series, but I guess that partnership with the Novogratz family didn't work out.

Instead the network regrouped and developed "Million Dollar Decorators" (10 tonight), a show about 5 people, based in Los Angeles, who decorate the homes of the wealthy.

In "9 By Design" there were upscale projects, but somehow the felt accessible to us po' folks. But I guess that's why it didn't last; it seems we Bravo viewers really want to feel a bit out of our elements. "Million Dollar Decorators" gives us yet another peak into a level of extravagance most of us will really experience.

Happily, it's also pretty entertaining.

What to Watch on Tuesday: Big reality premieres

Wipeout (8pm, ABC) - The super silly family hit is back for a special 2-hour season premiere. That's two full hours of people bouncing off of big rubber balls into water, but tonight's twist is that all the participants are on a first date.

America's Got Talent (8pm, NBC) - The talent show opens its fifth season with auditions in Los Angeles, and Howie Mandel takes the place of David Hasselhoff at the judge's table. Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne return.

Hell's Kitchen (8pm, Fox) - The seventh season opens with 16 chefs all vying for a spot in Chef Gordon Ramsay's new London restaurant.

Glee (9pm, Fox) - Tonight, the glee kids take it on down to Funky Town, but not before they get some jarring news. Also, Will gets revenge on Sue -- for the time being, at least. 

9 By Design (10pm, Bravo) - Tonight is the season 1 finale of a terrific show about married designers in New York City and their 7 -- seven -- children. Children with names like Major and Wolfie and Five. But they aren't weird in that annoying super hipster kind of way, they're actually pretty great. Tonight Bob and Cortney Novogratz scramble to finish their big hotel project while struggling to sell their own home and bring in some much needed cash. 

Losing it with Jillian Michaels (NBC, 10pm) - I guess this is NBC's way of keeping "Biggest Loser" alive all year round. The mean trainer from "Biggest Loser," Jillian Michaels, moves in with a Massachusetts family to help them adopt a healthier lifestyle.

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