TV critic's choice: Aug. 8-12

The ABC Family movie "Wild Child" is worth noting if only for the last on-screen performance of Natasha Richardson.

August 12, 2010 at 10:19PM
FILE -- In this April 26, 2005, file photo, actress Natasha Richardson is shown at her opening night performance in the Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" Studio 54 in New York. Richardson, 45, died Wednesday March 18, 2009 in New York.
FILE -- In this April 26, 2005, file photo, actress Natasha Richardson is shown at her opening night performance in the Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" Studio 54 in New York. Richardson, 45, died Wednesday March 18, 2009 in New York. (Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Sunday The ABC Family movie "Wild Child" (7 p.m.) is worth noting if only for the last on-screen performance of Natasha Richardson, whose untimely passing last year grieved the film world. She plays the headmistress of a British boarding school where an L.A. teen diva (Emma Roberts) is sent by her fed-up father (Aidan Quinn).

Monday Nineteen former contestants in the "Bachelor" franchise move into the "Bachelor Pad" (7 p.m., ABC) to take another shot at reality-show romance, "Big Brother"-style.

Tuesday When 18-year-old next-door neighbors Jessie (Stacey Farber) and Tom (Michael Seater) run off and get married, their feuding families have a new reason to bicker on the new comedy "18 to Life" (8 p.m., CW). This modern-day Romeo and Juliet skip the tragic ending and move into his parents' attic. Kids, this is why they tell you to wait until you're ready -- to get your own place, that is.

Wednesday Will Minneapolis artist Miles Mendenhall win the top prize on the finale of "Work of Art" (9 p.m., Bravo)? The University of Minnesota almost-grad has been the front-runner since day one.

Thursday Last season, "American Chopper" fans were shocked when Paul Teutul Sr. fired his son from Orange County Choppers. Now Paul Jr. is setting up a rival shop on "American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior," premiering Thursday (8 p.m., TLC). The father-son confrontations should be louder than a Sportster with the exhaust baffles removed.

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