Max has made the decision to end its comedy “The Other Two,” the news coming down as the show’s third and now final season finale airs tomorrow night.
According to THR, the ending comes in the wake of multiple staff complaints about creators and showrunners Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider over the course of the production.
Multiple sources for the trade allege that the pair were the subject of complaints to human resources over behavior on set and in the writer’s room, including allegations of verbal abuse by Kelly at writers and overworked crew.
The sources claim the production conducted a formal investigation into the claims, during which Kelly and Schneider were not permitted on set for a period. Both were formally cleared of wrongdoing and allowed to return.
The series stars Drew Tarver and Helene Yorke and is a satire of ego, ambition and malice in the entertainment industry, so the irony of what was allegedly going on behind the scenes was not lost on those involved.
Several insiders add that there is no causal connection between the complaints and the decision to end with season three and the finale tomorrow was designed as a proper finale.
Case Walker, Ken Marino, Molly Shannon, Brandon Scott Jones, Josh Segarra and Wanda Sykes also starred in the series, which was originally greenlit at Comedy Central but moved to HBO Max with its second and third seasons.
Source: THR
