So despite Kelly's impressive resume- including "Boston Public, "The Practice", "Picket Fences"- suddenly people are comparing it to a certain '70s jiggle-fest.

"Charlie's Angels?" laughs star Chyler Leigh. "We get that all the time.

We actually have to be careful because we'll all be walking down the hallway and it just gets that 'Angels' feel."

"One of us has to trip or do something so it doesn't start to feel campy."

It wasn't supposed to be that way. "Girls Club" will take over the time period (9 p.m. Monday night on WNYW ch.5) that "Ally McBeal" made cozy for love-perplexed young women.  We were supposed to think : Ally times three. But it may not work out that way.

Leigh- who also started in the short lived sitcom "That 80's Show"-plays Sarah, a young prodigy.  Gretchen Mol is Lynne, the detailed-obsessed, work oriented character. And Kathleen Robertson is Jeannie, "She's the wild one", says Leigh. "She's more eccentric she'll rather go out drinking than go to court."

They fight to be taken seriously in a male-dominated  business- but Leigh promises the show will be more about their personal lives than the cases they take on.

Leigh is certainly being taken seriously. During the same momentous phone call last spring, the 20-year old North Carolina native found out "That 80s Show" was canceled and that David E. Kelly wanted to meet her.

Not a bad year for Leigh, especially, considering she got married in July to actor Nathan West. "We met while shooting a pilot  called 'Saving Graces' for the WB" says Leigh. We played love interests so our very first kiss is on tape.

Michael Giltz - New York Post - 9/15/02