Baby Borrowers: Are You Ready For This? This Week On NBC 7/1/08

07/02/2008 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Wednesday) : Five diverse teen couples jump into adult life in fast forward to test their relationships and readiness for parenthood, in the ground-braking season premiere of 'The Baby Borrowers'.

Five young couples from around the country - The Baby Borrowers - arrive in Boise, Idaho to participate in a unique social experiment, which asks them to jump into life as an adult on fast forward by setting up a home, starting a nine-to-five job and becoming parents, first to babies in tonight's season premiere.

As the eager couples settle into living together for the first time, each teen "mother" dons a simulated "empathy" belly, to wear at all times until the arrival of their baby -- except Dunwoody, Georgia's Kelly.

Made self-conscious by her boyfriend Austin's stray comment, their heated argument puts their attendance at a pre-natal class into question.

The next morning, five pairs of volunteer parents arrive to entrust their infants to each of the couples - and settle in next door to monitor what happens on closed circuit TV.

Soon, as the novelty wears off and crying begins, many of the infants' parents - and even the couples themselves - are surprised to see which of the teens step up to this challenge and who can't handle the pressure.  

Source: NBC Press Release