'SmartLess' podcast goes on tour with Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes, ends up on TV

When Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes get together, they can instantly tell if something's wrong: If insults don't immediately fly, there's a problem. Fans of the trio's banter will get much more this week after a documentary film team captured them on tour taking their popular podcast 'SmartLess' to stages in Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and more.

When Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes get together, they can instantly tell if something's wrong: If insults don't immediately fly, there's a problem.

"I think it is our love language," says Arnett, the "Arrested Development star and voice of Batman in the "Lego Movie" franchise. "I'm kind of joking, but there's a little truth to that. If we're not making fun of you, we don't love you."

Fans of the trio's banter will get much more this week after a documentary film team captured them on tour taking their popular podcast "SmartLess" to stages in Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and more.

The six-part docuseries "SmartLess: On the Road" offers a very intimate look at the three friends as they travel, hang out and prepare for the live shows. It premieres Tuesday on Max.

"It was really just about living with one another," says Bateman, star of "Arrested Development" and "Ozarks." "And it's a fairly cringey assumption for us to make that it would make for entertainment."

While their guests include Conan O'Brien, Will Ferrell, Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel, Kevin Hart, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and David Letterman, the bulk of the series is a look at how Arnett, Bateman and Hayes manage to dunk on each other and yet maintain a sibling love.

"The three of us are incredibly close. I would dare say we are best friends. And with that comes a deep knowledge of where the rails are. I think we all know if we ever really wanted to hurt each other, we know where to go. But that's not really in our makeup," says Bateman.