Kim’s Convenience to end after this current season

“OK, see you.” After five seasons on CBC, Kim’s Convenience is closing up shop, the producers of the show announced today. The current fifth season of the show will be the last, with the final episode set to air on April 13.

According to a statement from the producers, the co-creators of the show have decided to move onto other projects.

“Given their departure from the series, we have come to the difficult conclusion that we cannot deliver another season of the same heart and quality that has made the show so special,” the producers said in a statement on Monday.

Based on a play of the same name by Ins Choi, (who co-created the series with Kevin White), Kim’s Convenience centers on a Korean Canadian family running a convenience store in downtown Toronto. The show stars Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jean Yoon, Andrea Bang, Simu Liu, Andrew Phung, and Nicole Power.

Simu Liu, star of the upcoming Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, expressed his disappointment in the news via a Twitter post this afternoon. “I am Heartbroken,” the message reads. “I feel we deserved better. I feel that you, our most amazing fans, deserved better. Entirely separate from my personal opinions on the termination of the show, however, is the immense pride in all that I feel we achieved.”

Disappointing news today.

I’m heartbroken. I feel like my journey with Jung was cut short. I feel like you, the fans, deserved better. But I’m proud of all that we accomplished together in 5 seasons.

Thanks for all your love and support. This isn’t goodbye, only #OKSeeYou. pic.twitter.com/c1LAg0F58m

— Simu Liu (@SimuLiu) March 8, 2021

I won’t dwell on it ending but will instead focus on how amazing this journey and the shows success has been. We were a hit show! We had success around the world. Schools study the play and watch the show in class. We won awards and this truly Canadian show allowed people… pic.twitter.com/8LoQQphvPG

— Andrew Phung (@andrewphung) March 8, 2021

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Andrew Phung each won a pair of Canadian Screen Awards for their show. Lee, a diehard Star Wars fan, recently made waves for his appearance in the Star Wars spinoff The Mandalorian on Disney+.

The final episodes of Kim’s Convenience air Tuesday nights at 8:00 pm on CBC.