Zach Galifianakis' New Show Dethrones 100% Rotten Tomatoes Favorite on Streaming Charts

If you happen to keep tabs on streaming charts—or just appreciate when the reigning champ gets knocked off its perch—here’s something that might surprise you: Zach Galifianakis now leads the pack on AMC+ with his brand-new show, The Audacity. That’s right, the series has managed to bump Dark Winds—the critical darling that practically lived at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes—out of the streaming throne room.

So, what exactly is happening over at AMC+? Let’s break it down:

The Audacity (and the Numbers Game)

The Audacity showed up on AMC and AMC+ on April 12, 2026, and jumped straight to the number one spot. By May 5, it was leading the AMC+ streaming charts, at least if you believe FlixPatrol, who are usually pretty accurate but, full disclosure, don’t always catch every last data blip.

What’s even stranger is that Dark Winds, which hasn’t missed a step with critics since its 2022 debut, just premiered its fourth season on February 15, 2026. Even fresh episodes couldn’t anchor it at #1.

Leaderboard Snapshot

Right now, here’s the AMC+ Top 10, according to FlixPatrol:

• The Audacity
• Dark Winds
• Tales from the Crypt
• This City Is Ours
• The Mortuary Assistant
• Night Patrol
• Dolly (yes, horror fans, that one)
• Original Gangsters (with Sean Bean—because when has that guy not shown up?)
• The Hunger Games
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

A mixed bag, honestly.

What The Audacity Is Actually About

This isn’t just another Zach Galifianakis cringe comedy. The show, created and helmed by Jonathan Glatzer, centers on a tech CEO (played by Galifianakis) and his psychologist. Together, they cross some serious ethical lines by exploiting personal data, which, shocker, spirals into a scandal. The series steers hard into tech industry melodrama and personal moral fallout.

The main cast includes:

• Zach Galifianakis as Carl Bardolph
• Billy Magnussen as Duncan Park
• Sarah Goldberg as JoAnne Felder
• Lucy Punch as Lili Park-Hoffsteader
• Meaghan Rath as Anushka Bhattachera-Phister
• Simon Helberg as Martin Phister

Critical reception so far? Not bad: The Audacity is sitting at 79% on Rotten Tomatoes. One reviewer, Alan French (FandomWire), summed it up like this:

"The tech world melodrama is both incredibly insightful and a genuine joy to watch. Magnussen finally gets the role he earned a long time ago."

Meanwhile, Back on the Rez…

If you’re still catching up: Dark Winds is the atmospheric thriller created by Graham Roland (he worked on Fringe—yes, the J.J. Abrams mind-bender), set in the 1970s and chronicling Navajo Tribal Police officers. Zahn McClarnon leads as Joe Leaphorn, with Kiowa Gordon and Jessica Matten rounding out the three main characters. Critics still adore it, even four seasons in.

The takeaway: If you had Galifianakis playing a tech CEO as your bet for what would topple a 100% Rotten Tomatoes juggernaut in 2026, congratulations—you’re either way too plugged in or just lucky. Either way, AMC+’s top of the chart is a little less predictable these days.