Kim's Convenience: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kim's Convenience is 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 80's 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.

Now, Appa and Umma run the store along with Janet who is studying photography at art school. Meanwhile Jung, who secretly stays in contact with Umma and Janet, is trying to turn his life around and recently landed a job at a car rental agency. The world of Kim's Convenience is real, colourful and urban - a diverse landscape of people and places and at the heart is the Kim family and their store. While the family continues to work and live, finding humour in the everyday tasks of running the store, they long for the day when the rift between Appa and Jung is mended and the family is whole once again.

Series details

• Title: Kim's Convenience
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family
• Premiere date: 2016-10-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-04-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBC
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 17312
• IMDb ID: tt5912064
• TVDB ID: 315908

Cast and credited roles

• Paul Sun-Hyung Lee — Appa Kim
• Jean Yoon — Umma Kim
• Andrea Bang — Janet Kim
• Simu Liu — Jung Kim
• Nicole Power — Shannon Ross
• Andrew Phung — Kimchee Han

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-10-11; final listed air date 2016-12-27; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-09-26; final listed air date 2017-12-19; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2019-01-08; final listed air date 2019-04-02; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 2020-01-07; final listed air date 2020-03-31; episode order: 13.
• Season 5: premiered 2021-01-19; final listed air date 2021-04-13; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Kim's Convenience on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.