Kim’s Convenience, the hit that changed TV’s representation of Asians We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement This is the story of the little sitcom that could. It’s the story of how Kim’s Convenience, a dark, complex experimental Canadian stage-play about a Korean-Canadian family running a corner store but fractured by the schism between father and son, became a hit TV comedy, and then a global streaming superstar. And it’s the story of how the show has genuinely transformed Asian representation on the screen. To call the show a slow burn is an understatement. Commissioned by the Canadian national broadcaster CBC, like another brilliant Canadian comedy