To provide a program information display device and a displaying method for integrating recorded programs and a reserved program to display the integrated recorded programs and reserved program and enabling a user to recognize contents of the reserved program at a glance.

If the reserved program is designated, a microcomputer downloads an image for a thumbnail corresponding to the reserved program together with program information such as a start time, an end time, and a channel, and stores the image for a thumbnail, and the program information in an information storing part (step S2). Nest, a modified image is prepared so as to be a thin picture by making contrast weak with respect to the downloaded image for a thumbnail and stored in the information storing part (step S3). The image for a thumbnail stored in the information storing part is displayed together with the program information. At this time, unmodified images are used with respect to images for a thumbnail for the recorded programs, the modified image is used with respect to the image for a thumbnail for the reserved program.