For the play, see
Kim's Convenience (play).
Kim's Convenience is a
Canadian television sitcom that premiered on
CBC Television in October 2016. It depicts the
Korean Canadian Kim family that runs a convenience store in the
Moss Park neighbourhood of
Toronto: parents "Appa" (
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) and "Umma" (
Jean Yoon) – Korean for
dad and
mom, respectively – along with their daughter Janet (
Andrea Bang) and estranged son Jung (
Simu Liu). Other characters include Jung's friend and coworker Kimchee (
Andrew Phung) and his manager Shannon (
Nicole Power). The series is based on
Ins Choi's 2011
play of the same name.
The first season was filmed from June to August 2016 at Showline Studios in Toronto. It is produced by
Thunderbird Films in conjunction with Toronto's
Soulpepper Theatre Company, with Lee and Yoon reprising their roles from the play.
[1] Scripts were created by Choi and Kevin White, who previously wrote for
Corner Gas.
The second season premiered September 26, 2017. In July 2018, the series became available outside of Canada when it debuted internationally on
Netflix. However, since January 2020, it is no longer available in all markets (e.g., the Netherlands), making the fourth season unavailable to a worldwide audience. The third season premiered January 8, 2019 and the fourth premiered January 7, 2020.
[2]
On March 31, 2020, it was announced that the show has been renewed for two more seasons.
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