Jonathan Glatzer Compares AMC’s ‘The Audacity’ To ‘Peyton Place’ In A Tech Bubble

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AMC showed off its latest drama series The Audacity last night with creator Jonathan Glatzer comparing the Billy Magnussen and Sarah Goldberg-fronted show to Peyton Place if it was set in a tech bubble.

Glatzer, who previously worked on AMC’s Better Call Saul and HBO’s Succession, spoke at the L.A. premiere of the eight-part drama.

“This is a night for gratitude. I think that’s probably the best approach. It’s either that or a full-on crazy coke fueled [night] and that’s not my bag,” he joked.

He said that Dan McDermott, Chief Content Officer and President at AMC Networks, called him with the idea of doing something in the tech world. “I said I’m not sure, but the people there seem really curious to me. What if we just expanded that and made it look almost like a Peyton Place inside of this bubble with psychiatrists, there’s a private school and there’s

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