Radio / Television News

Kim’s Convenience stars headline two new CBC comedies

TORONTO – The CBC today announced a few details for two new original half-hour comedy series’ featuring now-cancelled Kim’s Convenience stars Andrew Phung and Nicole Power. Run The Burbs and Strays will both launch during the upcoming 2021-22 broadcast season. Created by comedian, writer and actor Andrew Phung and his best friend and collaborator, filmmaker Scott Townend (The Secret Marathon), Run The Burbs is about a young, bold Canadian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest in the suburbs, featuring Phung as a stay-at-home dad with an entrepreneur wife and two kids. The series has been...