'The Other Two' Ending with Season 3; Reports Detail Workplace Complaints

The critically acclaimed Max sitcom "The Other Two" will conclude with the show's June 29 Season 3 finale – even as reports say the show's co-creators, Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, were the subjects of an investigation into workplace complaints, but were ultimately cleared.

The Hollywood Reporter detailed that "the ending comes following multiple staff complaints" regarding the treatment of writers by Kelly and Schneider, who acted as showrunners for the series, "though several insiders say that there is no causal connection between the complaints and the decision to end with season three."

The complaints included "allegations that Kelly verbally abused writers and overworked crew and claims that Schneider enabled his behavior," THR relayed.

"The irony that a satire of ego, ambition and malice in the entertainment industry was allegedly plagued by the very things it was lampooning was not lost on those involved," the report noted.

As UK newspaper the Daily Mail summarized, the show "stars Heléne York and Drew Tarver as two millennial siblings struggling to make it when their 13-year-old brother shoots to viral internet fame..." Their mother, played by Molly Shannon, has success of her own, becoming an Oprah-level talk show sensation.

THR quoted one source as saying, "There's a lot of Chris and Sarah in the show.... These are two people who started off as improvisers. This is a show about people who are hungering for fame. Their friends and colleagues became well-known."

Another source told the publication that horror stories from the production circulate in Hollywood, alleging that "Other writers tell stories about 'The Other Two' writers' rooms like other people tell ghost stories."

During an investigation that stemmed from the complaints to HR, "Kelly and Schneider were not permitted on set for a period," THR said. In the end, "Kelly and Schneider were formally cleared of wrongdoing and allowed to return."

Max is one of a number of platforms that have abruptly canceled shows and even pulled shows entirely off their services, reportedly to contain spending.

But TVLine reported that Kelly and Schneider issued a joint statement in which they claimed that the show's ending was intentional on their part.

"It is bittersweet to say goodbye to the Dubek family after three seasons, but we always knew, both creatively and personally, that this was where we wanted to end their stories," Kelly and Schneider said in the statement, before throwing in the punchline "we are quite literally out of ways to humiliate Drew Tarver, so what's the point?"

The co-creators showed they knew their audience when they offered thanks to "everyone (gays) who watched the show," as well as to Max, "for giving us a second home and life..."

The series debuted on Comedy Central before moving to Max.