Baby lender Natalie and Borrower Kelsey dropped by TVGuide.com the other day to discuss why they participated in NBC's controversial new show, open up about their respective experiences as an actual teen mom and a wannabe, and tackle the hot topics of teen pregnancy pacts and, yes, Britney Spears' mothering skillz. Check it out.
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Jeers to NBC's Baby Borrowers for mislabelling itself as a "groundbreaking experiment." What earth-shattering revelations have come from letting five adolescent couples take care of children — that parenting is difficult? Or that teenagers aren't as smart as they think they are? Okay, here's one: We've reached a new low for what people will do to be on TV. I'm talking about the real-life parents who lent out their infants to incompetent caregivers for the sake of a reality show. This experiment could break less ground than banks: Just imagine the kids' future therapy bills.Get Matt Roush's take on the summer reality glut• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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First, some good news before the bad: July is less than a week away, and a month that once upon a time signified the absolute doldrums for TV fans now looms like an oasis of bountiful pleasures, with returning shows on the horizon including The Closer, Burn Notice, the Monk-Psych combo, and the piece de resistance of Mad Men's second season. (You’ll also want to add HBO’s gripping Generation Kill docudrama miniseries to your calendar.) Naturally, this is all on cable, but this is still especially good news after the dismal reality circus of June, capped by the current week’s onslaught of ridiculous time-wasters.More than ever, I’ve been feeling trapped in a bizarro world, as if I’d bought a subscription to a season of “To Each Their Own” theater. I know there are people out there who get their jollies at watching elaborate and messy pratfalls accompanied by snarky commentary—the model being Spike’s MXC, which I found mildly amusing until ...
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