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The Audacity is an American dark comedy drama television series created by Jonathan Glatzer for AMC and AMC+. The series premiered on April 12, 2026. In March 2026, ahead of the series premiere, the series was renewed for a second season.
Contents
Premise
A self-appointed "inventor of the future" tech CEO and his self-serving "performance psychologist" are engulfed in a scandal sparked by the exploitation of personal data.
Cast and characters
Main
Billy Magnussen as Duncan Park, the CEO of Hypergnosis
Sarah Goldberg as JoAnne Felder, Duncan's therapist whom he blackmails into participating in a white-collar crime
Lucy Punch as Lili Park-Hoffsteader, Duncan's wife
Meaghan Rath as Anushka Bhattachera-Phister, the chief ethics officer and a board member at Hypergnosis and Duncan's former mistress
Paul Adelstein as Dr. Gary Felder, JoAnne's husband and a psychiatrist
Everett Blunck as Orson Stern, JoAnne's son and Gary's stepson who reluctantly moved from Baltimore to Palo Alto
Thailey Roberge as Tess Phister, Anushka's stepdaughter and Martin's daughter
Ava Marie Telek as Jamison Park-Hoffsteader, Duncan and Lili's daughter
Rob Corddry as Tom Ruffage, the Deputy Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs who is trying make a deal with Hypergnosis (season 1)
Simon Helberg as Martin Phister, Anushka's husband
Jess McLeod (season 2; recurring season 1) as Harper, the chief technology officer of Hypergnosis
Recurring
Zach Galifianakis as Carl Bardolph, a client of JoAnne
Andrew Bushell as Jeffery Carter, Tom's coworker at the Department of Veterans Affairs
Rukiya Bernard as Beatrice Webb, the headmistress of Las Altas School, where Orson, Tess, and Jamison attend
Curtis Lum as Tim Kwan, an executive team member of the tech company Cupertino
Randall Park as Gabe, the chief financial officer of Hypergnosis
Production
Development
On June 27, 2024, AMC gave Jonathan Glatzer's drama series about Silicon Valley a straight-to-series order. On April 9, 2025, the series was officially titled The Audacity, with Gina Mingacci executive producing the series and Glatzer serving as the showrunner. On April 24, 2025, Lucy Forbes was set to direct both the pilot and second episode.
On March 7, 2026, ahead of the series premiere, AMC renewed the series for a second season.
Casting
On January 30, 2025, Sarah Goldberg was cast in the series. In February 2025, Billy Magnussen, Rob Corddry, Meaghan Rath, and Simon Helberg were cast in the series. On March 5, 2025, Paul Adelstein was cast in the series. On April 9, 2025, Zach Galifianakis was cast in a recurring role. On April 24, 2025, Lucy Punch, Everett Blunck, Thailey Roberge, and Ava Marie Telek were added to the main cast, and Randall Park was cast in a recurring role before production started on the first season. On June 3, 2026, Jess McLeod was promoted to series regular for the second season, and later that summer, Miriam Shor and Usman Ally were cast for the second season.
Release
The Audacity was first shown at SXSW on March 14, 2026. The series officially premiered on AMC and AMC+ on April 12, 2026.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 80% approval rating based on 30 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Standing on the precipice of overstaying its welcome, this Silicon Valley farce places its callous, fascinating, and unpleasant personalities front and center to rapturous effect, proving this series has The Audacity." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 62 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable".
