To provide a stereoscopic image display device and a television receiver capable of displaying characters for an emergency prompt report displayed during display of a stereoscopic image, such that even a person wearing no 3D glasses can view the characters easily.

The stereoscopic image display device alternately displays a right-eye image and a left-eye image at relatively different display positions, thereby displaying a stereoscopic image. During display of the stereoscopic image, if detecting display of exceptional information such as the emergency prompt report which is not connected with the content of the stereoscopic image (S1, S2: Yes), the exceptional information is displayed with an image painted-out in a color different from the display color of the exceptional information as the background (S4).