Canadian Comedy ‘Kim’s Convenience’ To End With Fifth Season

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Following this week’s announcement that CBC was unexpectedly cancelling “Kim’s Convenience” after five seasons, star Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (who portrayed Kim family patriarch Kim Sang-Il) is breaking his silence to address the surprise move.

The Netflix/CBC sitcom Kim's Convenience, which broke ground in Canada as the country's first comedy led by an Asian cast, is to end after its fifth season. Launched on the CBC in fall 2016, Kim's Convenience, set around a Korean-Canadian family running a corner shop in Toronto, streams on Netflix and on cable and video-on-demand platforms internationally.

Netflix in the U.S. and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Canada."Kim’s Convenience″ stars Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Simu Liu as members of a Korean-Canadian family who run a corner store in Toronto.The producers said in a statement that they decided they couldn’t move forward with another season after two of the show’s co-creators left to pursue other projects.

Refresh for updates: Kim’s Convenience has closed up shop. On Monday producers of the Canadian sitcom announced that the Korean family comedy will end with its upcoming fifth season.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNetflix’s bold two-season commission of “Kingdom” and the series’ global success have propelled screenwriter Kim Eun-hee to the front lines. But she is no newcomer to Korean TV drama.

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