AMC Networks has officially announced the Season 2 renewal of one of its newest drama shows, led by Emmy winner Zach Galifianakis (Baskets) and Billy Magnussen (Made for Love). This comes ahead of The Audacity‘s upcoming eight-episode series debut on Sunday, April 12 at 9 pm ET/PT on AMC and AMC+.
“Set inside the bubble of Silicon Valley, the show takes on the warped dreams, outsized egos, and ethical lapses of the self-styled inventors of the future. In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs, and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power. The darkly comedic drama confronts reality, privacy, and the delusions fueling our ever-changing world,” reads the official synopsis.
What did AMC say about The Audacity’s Season 2 renewal?
“Jonathan is one of the smartest, most talented, insightful, and human showrunners we’ve ever worked with,” AMC Networks and AMC Studios boss Dan McDermott said in a statement. “He has created a series that is smart, witty, and nuanced, with dynamic characters, and something to say about our world, and this particular world that has such a huge impact on our culture, our economy, and the very lives we are all living. Season one is fantastic, season two can’t come soon enough. Thank you to Jonathan, Gina, and the incredible cast and crew of The Audacity, for bringing this story and these characters to life.”
The drama is created, executive-produced, and written by showrunner Jonathan Glatzer (Succession, Better Call Saul). The ensemble cast includes Magnussen as Duncan Park, Galifianakis as Carl Bardolph, Sarah Goldberg as Dr. JoAnne Felder, Lucy Punch as Lili Park-Hoffsteader, Simon Helberg as Martin Phister, Rob Corddry as Tom Ruffage, Meaghan Rath as Anushka Bhattachera-Phister, Paul Adelstein as Dr. Gary Felder, Everett Blunck as Orson Stern, Thailey Roberge as Tess Phister, Ava Marie Telekas Jamison Park-Hoffsteader, with Randall Park guest-starring as Gabe, the qualm-free CFO of a data mining operation.
It is executive-produced by Gina Mingacci, with Lucy Forbes, Dan Sackheim, Dan Longino, and Alex Buono serving as directors. It hails from AMC Studios Production. Before its April debut, the series will first have its world premiere at the upcoming SXSW Film & TV festival on March 14.
Glatzer added, “From the start, The Audacity exists because Kristin Dolan, Dan McDermott, and AMC Networks decided that ‘playing it safe’ is vastly overrated. They’ve enabled me and our fearless cast to dive headfirst into the deep recesses of some beautifully flawed characters, all set against the backdrop of Silicon Valley, which only happens to have the power to shape how we work, argue, date, doomscroll, etc. And now, with this second season pick-up, AMC Networks has stood by their conviction with this wholly original satire. As The Audacity’s creator, I could not be more grateful, but also as a fan of original and slightly dangerous stories, I am ecstatic.”