A television receiver equipped with a signal-power increasing/decreasing section between an antenna and a tuner, the signal-power increasing/decreasing section being configured to amplify and attenuate a signal power to be input to the tuner, wherein the signal-power increasing/decreasing section includes a switch section (9a, 9b) that is configured to switch between an amplifier and an attenuator, the television receiver comprising: a reception state detecting section that is configured to detect, as reception state information, AGC, C/N, and BER (Bit Error Rate) based on an output signal from the tuner; and a control section that is configured to determine, based on the reception state information detected by the reception state detecting section, if a signal of a corresponding channel can be normally received, and is configured to perform, based on the determination result, a feedback control for amplifying or attenuating the signal power in the signal-power increasing/decreasing section, the television receiver further comprising a counter section for counting the number of normally receivable channels on each of the attenuator side and the amplifier side in a channel search, based on the reception state information detected with the reception state detecting section, wherein if a channel is normally receivable is determined by the television receiver based on the reception state information, the counter section is configured to increment, for each channel of the channel search determined to be normally receivable on the attenuator side and/or on the amplifier side, a counter on the attenuator side and/or on the amplifier side, respectively, and the television receiver is configured to compare, upon termination of the channel search, the values of the counters on both the attenuator side and the amplifier side and to fix the switch section to the side on which more channels can be normally received. a reception state detecting section that is configured to detect, as reception state information, AGC, C/N, and BER (Bit Error Rate) based on an output signal from the tuner; and a control section that is configured to determine, based on the reception state information detected by the reception state detecting section, if a signal of a corresponding channel can be normally received, and is configured to perform, based on the determination result, a feedback control for amplifying or attenuating the signal power in the signal-power increasing/decreasing section, the television receiver further comprising a counter section for counting the number of normally receivable channels on each of the attenuator side and the amplifier side in a channel search, based on the reception state information detected with the reception state detecting section, wherein if a channel is normally receivable is determined by the television receiver based on the reception state information, the counter section is configured to increment, for each channel of the channel search determined to be normally receivable on the attenuator side and/or on the amplifier side, a counter on the attenuator side and/or on the amplifier side, respectively, and the television receiver is configured to compare, upon termination of the channel search, the values of the counters on both the attenuator side and the amplifier side and to fix the switch section to the side on which more channels can be normally received.