Get your first look at Catherine Zeta-Jones in Queen America

By Maureen Lee Lenker
September 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM EDT

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All hail the Queen. Catherine Zeta-Jones makes a regal return to the small screen, headlining Queen America. The 10 episode half-hour series premieres Nov. 18 on Facebook Watch, with new episodes available weekly on the show page. Zeta-Jones is Vicki Ellis, a renowned (and ruthless) Oklahoma pageant coach who tries to mold the hapless Samantha (Belle Shouse) into a winner, a task that could cost her her reputation and career. Click through for a first look at the delicious pageant world (no talent competition necessary).

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Watching from the wings

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Vicki (Zeta-Jones) nails the glossy perfection of the pageant world, while waiting nervously in the wings. Mary Clark (Rana Roy) and Nigel (Teagle F. Bougere) are part of Vicki pageant team — Mary is a fitness instructor for the pageant contenders and Nigel is Vicki’s BFF, her confidante, protector and moral compass.

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Practice that pageant wave

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Brittany (Megan West) shows off her perfect pageant wave, while new competitor Samantha (Belle Shouse) sits nervously in wait. Brittany is Miss Texas, and Samantha's primary competition.

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No pain, no gain

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Vicki's protege, Hayley (Victoria Justice), has a single-minded devotion to becoming a beauty queen, something she was primed for from the age of 12.

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Sisterly (tough) love

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Katie (Molly Price), Vicki's sister, and her daughter Bella (Isabella Amara) are the working-class ties to Vicki's impoverished past that she has shed to lead a glamorous pageant-obsessed life. Katie is proud of her hard-working roots and decries the frivolity of Vicki's life, while sarcastic Bella hates anything to do with pageants.

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Strut your stuff

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Vicki, and her core support team of Nigel and Mary, try to prepare Samantha to enter the world of extremely competitive pageantry.

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Who's the pageant boss?

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Regina (Judith Light) is Vicki's former pageant coach and the woman who taught her everything she knows. A charming woman from "old money," Regina still represents everything Vicki wants to be.

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Bless your heart

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Vicki faces off against her nemesis, Mandy Green (Jennifer Westfeldt) — the reigning pageant coach of Texas — one of her biggest state rivals.

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