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Catherine Zeta-Jones' 'Queen America' (Facebook Watch) coming to Atlanta

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 14: Actor Catherine Zeta-Jones attends A+E Networks' 2018 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour on January 14, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for A+E Networks/Lifetime)

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PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 14: Actor Catherine Zeta-Jones attends A+E Networks' 2018 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour on January 14, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for A+E Networks/Lifetime)
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May 4, 2018

Posted Friday, May 4, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog

Facebook's video-on-demand service Facebook Watch is shooting its first scripted production in metro Atlanta called "Queen America" starring Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones.

According to Variety, the half-hour series is a dark comedy set in Oklahoma. Zeta-Jones plays a ruthless pageant coach who helps mold a hapless Samantha Stone into a possible Miss America contender.

Zeta-Jones has been doing more TV lately, including Lifetime film "Cocaine Godmother: The Griselda Blanco Story" and the Ryan Murphy anthology series "Feud."

Facebook Watch for now is free for viewers with an advertising model like traditional TV.

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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.

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