GLASGOW — Andi Ward’s friends in Los Angeles refer to her as the “Kentucky girl.”

Ward, who is originally from Glasgow, moved to L.A. seven years ago to find a job in the entertainment industry.

“I worked really hard contacting tons of people to find a job. I had to work for free as a second assistant editor for a movie on A&E.; Then I fell into reality somehow when I got a job on National Geographic show,” she said.

That led to several other jobs in television, including one as producer for “The Amazing Race” for seasons five through eight.

Her latest assignment is producer of NBC’s “The Baby Borrowers,” which is yet to air.

“Baby Borrowers” is a reality show from England and serves as a social experiment that allows five teenage couples to experience life in fast forward.

“It makes teens who think they are ready for adulthood and parenthood realize what they would be getting into,” Ward said. “The show gives the teens jobs, and then they take care of babies for three days, then toddlers for three days, preteens for three days, teens for three days and elderly people for three days.”

Production of the show began in late July and lasted through the middle of August.

“All of the shows were fully completed by the end of November. Now it’s up to NBC to figure out when they want to air ‘Baby Borrowers’ and what time slot they want to put it in,” she said.

Ward is actually one of five producers on the show. Her primary job was to follow one of the couples. Joining her was a segment producer and three camera and audio crews.

The show is set in a cul-de-sac in a Boise, Idaho, suburb. Five of the condos were for the teens. Another one served as a monitoring room, where the producers could watch what each of the couples was doing at any given time.

“We also used the condos for the transportation department, accounting, a tech room, the art department and production offices,” she said. “Also, there was a house where the parents who let the teens borrow their children were able to monitor the teenage couple and their house.”

In each house, cameras were mounted in every room, except the bathrooms.

“We shot for 18 days straight, with no days off,” Ward said. “Since parenting doesn’t allow you to have any days off, the teenagers didn’t get any days off from parenting.”

Ward followed Jordan and Sasha.

“I would be in the house with Jordan and Sasha, or I would watch from the monitoring room we had in one of the houses,” she said. “If they went to the grocery, a park or a playground, I would go there as well. As a producer, I followed Jordan and Sasha’s ups and downs. I also interviewed them, as well. I make sure to follow their story arc and get interview bites to help describe what they are going through physically and emotionally.”

As a producer, Ward says there is no such thing as a typical day at work.

“But for ‘Baby Borrowers,’ our typical day on set started at about 7:15 a.m. and ended anywhere from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. That was for 18 days straight and each day was so different from the other,” she said.

Ward also worked in the post-production of the show, which involved working with editors to help cut the show.

“In post-production, we go through hundreds of hours of footage and narrow that down to a 42-minute episode,” she said. “It’s a lot of work and a lot of footage to sift through for only 42 minutes of airtime for each episode. Depending on the deadlines and airdates, I often work six- and seven-day weeks.”

Her work as a television producer allows her the opportunity to travel.

“Two weeks ago, I was in Yonkers, New York, working on a pilot about Yonkers police detectives. Last week I went to Miami to scout for a show about a mother and daughter. Last year I traveled to Virginia Beach, Las Vegas, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville, St. Louis, Kansas City, New Orleans, San Antonio, Dallas and Boise for shows,” she said.

“It really is a great job to work as a producer on reality shows. I freelance, so I’m able to take time off when I want, often for a month or more.”

Her parents, Dr. Stephen and Sue Ward, of Glasgow, are very proud of her accomplishments.

“I think that’s a really good step for her,” said her dad. “We’re real proud of her.”

He admitted he and his wife watch the credits at the end of any show their daughter has worked on to see if they can see her name.

He was not surprised she chose to pursue a career in television.

“I’ve got a brother who works for CNN. She didn’t want to go into news. She is doing real well with this and likes it real well,” he said.

Ward is a 1994 graduate of Glasgow High School and a 1998 graduate of Indiana University, where she studied broadcast journalism.