Critic Reviews
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Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara
By turns touching and exasperating, The Baby Borrowers seems at first to be the ultimate parental revenge fantasy -- we'll show those know-it-all-teens what it means to be adult. But it winds up surprisingly nuanced. |
| 63 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
Would I watch this show if I weren't assigned to it? No. But I would have missed something that is well done and interesting. |
| 60 |
Variety Brian Lowry
Perhaps foremost, the series does a creditable job of establishing the safeguards that are in place, which makes the whole "What idiot would hand their baby over to strangers for NBC's benefit?" question more palatable. |
| 60 |
The New York Times Ginia Bellafante
This six-part series, which begins on Wednesday, has the cleverest conceit of any reality show in a long time and almost feels necessary. |
| 50 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
For me, The Baby Borrowers serves primarily as a meta-cautionary tale about the strange decisions of those who involve themselves in reality TV. |
| 30 |
Newsday Verne Gay
Well, it's really hard work, and babies burp and cry and you don't sleep much, and ... Yes, this is life, and yes, as subject matter for television, this is also boring. |
| 30 |
Washington Post Tom Shales
The value of Borrowers, beyond its gossipy entertainment value, plummets--and yet never quite reaches zero. |
| 25 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
Even if societal improvement were the goal, and it's not, Baby wouldn't do much to achieve it. |
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