This week, fans of the CBC-TV comedy Kim's Convenience were "shocked" to learn that the show would be coming to an end after five seasons on the air. CBC COMEDY | How Kim's Convenience made TV magic during a pandemicAccording to CBC.ca, co-creators Ins Choi and Kevin White confirmed to the show's producers "that they were moving on to other projects." Soulpepper productionPlaywright Ins Choi said his family background inspired his stage play Kim's Convenience, which played the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2011. Choi started writing Kim's Convenience "as a vignette in 2005 under a playwriting unit in the Fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre company," according to CBC.ca. Kim's Convenience began airing on CBC Television in the fall of 2016.

Source: CBC News March 12, 2021 13:31 UTC