Not just Larry leaving, but David Mandel writing and running more of it. By accounts a very nice man, easy to work with, financially predictable for the network

Not just Larry leaving, but David Mandel writing and running more of it. By accounts a very nice man, easy to work with, financially predictable for the network, but hardly a brilliant or challenging comedy writer. He also took over more of Curb and Veep in their later seasons and the corresponding quality drop happened on both of those shows as well.