Karen Pittman — who performed Dr. Nya Wallace on “And Simply Like That” because the “Intercourse and the Metropolis” revival premiered in 2021 — is not going to return for Season 3.

After two seasons on the “Intercourse and the Metropolis” revival collection on Max, the streamer introduced that Pittman wouldn’t reprise her character for the upcoming season, attributable to scheduling conflicts.

“It has been a pleasure to have Karen Pittman play the sensible and beautiful Professor Nya Wallace on the primary two seasons of ‘And Simply Like That,’” a Max spokesperson mentioned in an announcement to Selection. “As we now have totally loved working with this dynamic actress, so too have others. On account of her commitments to 2 different streamer collection, it has change into obvious that filming three reveals without delay isn’t potential.  As a result of manufacturing realities, we’re dissatisfied to announce that scheduling conflicts is not going to permit us to proceed with this character as a part of Season 3 of ‘And Simply Like That’  Karen and Nya can be missed, and her Max household and followers will all be cheering her on in her different endeavors.”

For Season 2 of “And Simply Like That,” Pittman already needed to juggle her duties on the present, and was ceaselessly in scenes other than the remainder of the forged — since she was concurrently filming “The Morning Present,” on which she was additionally a collection common. Pittman was just lately introduced as a co-star in Mara Brock Akil’s adaptation of Judy Blume’s novel “Eternally” for Netflix.

Pittman is the second actor who gained’t be returning to the brand new season. In February, Selection broke the information that Sara Ramírez, who performed standup comic Che Diaz, would additionally not be returning.

And similar to that, the love connection between the Michelin-starred chef Toussaint Feldman (Gary Dourdan) and Dr. Wallace has been left in suspense.

This story was first reported on Deadline.