From Eric Volmers of Postmedia:
Link: How Calgarian Andrew Phung went from improv to Kim’s Convenience
One actor in CBC’s new sitcom Kim’s Convenience, Andrew Phung, is officially a part of Canadian improv lore.
Andrew Phung: that TV guy who was discovered… while performing improv. Continue reading.Â
From Bill Harris of Postmedia Network:
Link: CBC’s ‘Kim’s Convenience’ goes from stage play to sitcom
I enjoyed the characters more than I enjoyed the situations they were placed in, if you know what I mean. While this is a show that definitely is set in the real world, without any sense of heightened reality, the challenge moving forward will be coming up with plausible plot lines that are real enough to not seem too overtly “sitcom-y,†and yet funny enough to keep us coming back. Continue reading.Â
From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:
Link: This Life showrunner Joseph Kay discusses the Season 2 premiere
“There’s a built in important drama there in terms of us getting to know Natalie and the choices she’s made. We don’t do it in a straightforward way but we don’t drop it. It’s a big part of the season what happens there.” Continue reading.Â
From Dana Gee of the Vancouver Sun:
Link: CBC’s The Romeo Section looks at darker side of intelligence
For its second season creator Chris Haddock has planted the espionage thriller The Romeo Section firmly against the veiled landscape of dark government activity.
Set in Vancouver, the CBC-produced series’ central storyline has operative Wolfgang McGee (Andrew Airlie) investigating an alleged terrorist incident. In doing so he opens doors into the shadowy side of intelligence. Continue reading.
The Toronto Blue Jays’ regular season thriller may have been a boon for fans, but it’s caused one major headache for the CBC. The Jays one-game wild card faceoff against the Baltimore Orioles goes Tuesday night … straight up against the highly-anticipated debut of Kim’s Convenience.
Knowing baseball will decimate everything else ratings-wise in primetime on Tuesday, the network decided to move Kim’s Convenience‘s debut to next Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 9 p.m. for two back-to-back episodes. The days of solely relying on overnight ratings is a thing of the past; live plus-7 is where it’s at in the numbers game, so I don’t totally understand the decision to do this, especially after all of the media coverage for Kim‘s touting this week’s bow.
The other show affected by this is Mr. D. Season 6 of Gerry Dee’s comedy was slated to return on Oct. 11 at 9:30 p.m. It will debut a week later on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 9:30 p.m. on CBC.
Created by Ins Choi first as a play for Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre, Kim’s Convenience tells the story of the Kims, a Korean-Canadian family who run a convenience store in downtown Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Kim 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.
Kim’s Convenience stars Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Appa, Jean Yoon as Umma, Simu Liu as Jung, Andrea Bang as Janet and Andrew Phung as Kimchee.
Kim’s Convenience debuts Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 9 and 9:30 p.m. on CBC.
Mr. D returns Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 9:30 p.m. on CBC.
Image courtesy of CBC.
