This paper probes the processes by which commercial television has become an important site for reinventing Hong Kong identity at a key moment of political transition. Analysis foregrounds the complex interplay of local, national and global forces that are transforming Hong Kong media and the popular histories they produce. Of primary importance is how these forces shape collective memories and refigure popular imagination of membership in the Chinese nation-state. The concepts of 'overdetermination' and 'fuzzy' production process are applied to examine the political economy of mediated history. A specific television program, 'Hong Kong Legend', is used to chart the contours of these interactions and to interrogate the role that television is playing in the resinicization of Hong Kong.
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