To provide a television receiver and method for temporarily storing a screen for a television receiver capable of selectively storing only an necessary picture in a program to improve the utilization factor of information provided in the program.

The receiver has a means for storing one screen including a picture and/or characters displayed on a television screen in a picture storing section in response to a prescribed command, a means for displaying a stored picture indicating number screen including stored picture number corresponding to the stored one screen including the picture and/or characters near the lowermost part on the television screen, a means for detecting a command for specifying a stored picture number corresponding to the stored one screen including the picture and/or characters on the stored picture indicating number screen, and a means for zooming and displaying the one screen according to the stored picture number on the while television screen upon detecting the command for specifying the stored picture number.