The Duff to star in "Barely Legal."

[terry78]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Singer/actress Hilary Duff is attached to play a young lawyer in a Fox sitcom that might be described as a legal version of "Doogie Howser, M.D."

The network has ordered a script for "Barely Legal," a comedy based on the true story of Kathleen Holtz, who in 2007 passed the notoriously difficult California bar at age 18 to become the state's youngest lawyer.

Duff, 21, who rose to fame in Disney Channel's "Lizzie McGuire" and released two chart-topping albums, joined the project as part of a production deal with Fox and producer Universal Media Studios.

"Barely Legal" hails from actor Rob Morrow ("Numb3rs"), who will serve as executive producer, and scribe Elisa Bell ("Little Black Book").

 

[GL1]

I'll watch the pilot. Just because someone was audacious enough to say Doogie. I haven't seen Duff in a while... she might have been gone long enough to get acting lessons.

 

[Neto Magnus]

if the show was a different kind of 'Barely Legal' then more ppl would watch.

 

[Sebastos]

 

[Metamorpho1977]

if the show was a different kind of 'Barely Legal' then more ppl would watch.

I know i would.

 

[Sawyer]

I smell immediate cancellation.

 

[The Squirrel]

I smell title change.

 

[nogap87]

if the show was a different kind of 'Barely Legal' then more ppl would watch.

This statement is all the more hilarious when I look at your avatar.