AMC Officially Unveils Behind-the-Scenes Look at New Silicon Valley Thriller [Exclusive]

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Published May 4, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT

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Every Sunday at 9 p.m., the cast of AMC's The Audacity live in the bubble that is Silicon Valley, playing tech bros, billionaires, psychiatrists, and everyone in their orbit who are trying to change everything. They shine a light on a world full of innovation without ethics, where these "inventors of the future" are in a constant struggle to stay on top, and where one in particular, Duncan Park (Billy Magnussen), is navigating a scandal over the exploitation of private data in his search for insight and power. However, they're now confronting their relationships with technology when the cameras are off, and they aren't playing heightened egomaniacs. Collider can exclusively share a new teaser featuring a fun game where the cast answers questions about everyday tech use, with plenty of laughs along the way.

The video pairs up six of The Audacity's main stars, including Magnussen and his in-universe therapist, Sarah Goldberg, Zach Galifianakis and Rob Corddry, Lucy Punch and Paul Adelstein, and on-screen couple Meaghan Rath and Simon Helberg, to ask each other about how they use technology in their lives. It starts simply with Magnussen and Goldberg addressing their disdain for autocorrect, and Galifianakis and Corddry easily agreeing that phone calls are better than texts. However, they all have to think a bit harder about how long they could go without the internet. Their answers range from never to Galifianakis insinuating he might blow up the satellites himself, or, at the very least, he'll tell everyone he told them so when it happens. Another question asks about their recognition of AI videos, which Punch admits she's not great at, before fittingly exploring privacy with Magnussen and Goldberg.

At its core, The Audacity addresses the roots of each question the cast members confront to a degree. In centering on Park and his company, Hypergnosis, it explores the unethical practice of data harvesting and the genuine fear over how much privacy people truly have in such an online era. The obsession with AI among tech giants also gets the spotlight. All issues tend to fall under the general tendency of these audacious moguls to prioritize personal profit or power over the well-being of others. Series creator and showrunner Jonathan Glatzer has previously described it in an interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub as a showcase of both the very human and dark sides of Silicon Valley.

“It takes place in Silicon Valley, where audacity is kind of regarded as a real attribute. But it's got a dark side, too. Being a bull in a china shop means a lot of broken dishes. I think that we populate this world with some very audacious characters who are willing to do whatever the fuck they think is best for them.”

'The Audacity' Will Have More Room to Explore With Season 2

Already halfway through Season 1, The Audacity has been a success so far, as AMC hoped. It owns a solid Certified Fresh 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, with Collider's Shawn Van Horn giving it a 7/10 in his review and saying, "For anyone who sticks with the series past the first episode, The Audacity becomes worth investing in." The star-studded cast, namely Magnussen, has particularly been a source of praise for how unlikeable yet magnetic their characters can be. AMC's aggressive marketing campaign has paid off with viewers, too, even pulling in enough eyes to topple the ever-popular Dark Winds on the AMC+ streaming charts for a moment.

The network was immensely confident in its return to prestige television drama from the get-go, issuing a very rare early Season 2 renewal before The Audacity had even made its world premiere at SXSW. With the wind at its back and a future secured, the Emmy-winning Glatzer and his team have a chance to build on the show's many characters in its next run. Expect Magnussen and the rest to still be at the center of it all and wrestling with ethics as they continue trying to realize their outlandish dreams.

The Audacity airs every Sunday on AMC, with AMC+ getting new episodes a week early. Check out the new teaser video with Magnussen and the rest of the cast above.