s ▁Soul pe pper ▁Theatre ▁Company , ▁with ▁Lee ▁and ▁Y oon ▁repr ising ▁their ▁roles ▁from ▁the ▁play . ▁ ▁Script s ▁were ▁created ▁by ▁Ch oi ▁and ▁Kevin ▁White , ▁who ▁had ▁previously ▁written ▁for ▁Cor ner ▁Gas . ▁ ▁The ▁second ▁season ▁premier ed ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁series ▁became ▁available ▁to ▁aud ien ces ▁outside ▁of ▁Canada ▁when ▁it ▁deb uted ▁intern ation ally ▁on ▁Net fli x . ▁It ▁was , ▁however ▁not ▁( or ▁no ▁longer ) ▁available ▁in ▁all ▁mark ets ▁( e . g . ▁The ▁Netherlands ) ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁making ▁the ▁fourth ▁season ▁un available ▁to ▁a ▁world wide ▁audience . ▁The ▁third ▁season ▁premier ed ▁on ▁January ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁and ▁the ▁fourth ▁season ▁premier ed ▁on ▁January ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 2 0 . ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁show ▁has ▁been ▁renew ed ▁for ▁two ▁more ▁seasons . ▁ ▁Cast ▁and ▁characters ▁ ▁Main ▁Paul ▁Sun - Hy ung ▁Lee ▁as ▁Mr . ▁Sang - il ▁Kim ▁(" App a "). ▁The ▁family ▁patri arch , ▁Kim ▁Sang - il ▁was ▁a ▁teacher ▁in ▁his ▁hom eland ▁before ▁imm igr ating ▁to ▁Canada ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁where ▁they ▁now ▁own ▁and ▁operate ▁' K im ' s ▁Con