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This course provides a critical overview of the Hong Kong TV industry. Watching TV has been a major entertainment for Hong Kong people since Redifussion TV started up in 1957. The controversies resulting from the new TV licenses in 2013 shows that the Hong Kong TV industry, while gradually declining from its glorious past, still matters to many locals as more than a mere entertainment option. The course starts with an introduction to Television Studies, before shifting its focus to Hong Kong. The course traces the history and development of the local TV industry, and provides an overview of the process of creation, production, circulation, and consumption of TV programmes in Hong Kong. Attention will be also paid to local and overseas TV dramas, using case studies to critically examine how these TV dramas have shaped and re-shaped values and identities in Hong Kong society.