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Kim's Convenience

Name: Kim's Convenience
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2016-10-11
Rating: 7.657

★ 7,7 /10 (178 Votes)

2016 EN 5 Seasons

Overview

The funny, heartfelt story of The Kims, a Korean-Canadian family, running a convenience store in downtown Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Kim ('Appa' and 'Umma') immigrated to Toronto in the '80s to set up shop near Regent Park and had two kids, Jung and Janet who are now young adults. However, when Jung was 16, he and Appa had a major falling out involving a physical fight, stolen money and Jung leaving home. Father and son have been estranged since.

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First air date

11/10/2016

Votes

178

Popularity

14.4

Family comedy. In store.

Genres

Comedy

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Kevin White, Ins Choi

Networks

CBC Television

Language

Last air date

2021-04-13

Episodes

Episode runtime

22 min

Website

cbc.ca

Specials

39 episodes • 2016

Specials.

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

Appa

Jean Yoon

Umma

Andrea Bang

Janet Kim

Simu Liu

Jung Kim

Andrew Phung

Kimchee Han

Nicole Power

Shannon

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I didn't think I would like it, but I really enjoyed this! My sides split a number of times. Just disappointed though that it got cancelled.

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This series has an intriguing premise, but the recurring storylines and cliché characters that have barely passable arcs and annoying personalities ruin it for me.

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