To provide an automatic video recorder and its method that can record a television program in which a user shows keen interest without imposing a load on the user.

The automatic video recorder is provided with channel selection means 1, 9 that select a channel among channels through which television programs are received, an operation means 19 that operates channel selection, a recording and reproducing means 18 that records a television program of the channel selected by the channel selection means 1, 9, a channel selection frequency information generating means 9 that generates channel selection frequency information that denotes frequency of channel selection by weekdays and by time zones according to the channel selection means 1, 9 on the basis of the operation by the operation means 17, and a video recording control means 9 that allows the channel selection means 1, 9 to select a channel on the basis of the channel selection frequency information and allows the recording and reproducing section 18 to record the television program. Thus, the automatic video recorder automatically records television programs with high frequency of selection on the basis of the operation of the user by the weekdays and the time zones.