The invention relates to an intelligent television monitoring method based on short messages and multimedia messages, which comprises the following concrete steps: a. judging whether a television monitoring mode is started; b. if the monitoring mode is started, judging whether the television is in an automatic monitoring mode; c. if the television is in the automatic monitoring mode, judging whether the television is turned on; d. if the television is turned on, sending a short message of the turned-on state of the television to a mobile telephone or other terminals by a GPRS module; e. then judging whether the GPRS module receives a short message B; f. if the short message B is received, controlling a camera module to take a photo by an MCU module; g. then storing the taken photo in a FLASH module; h. then sending the photo to the mobile telephone or other terminals through a multimedia message by the GPRS module; and i. finally returning to the step a. The invention can monitor the state of the television all the time, promotes the interaction and communication between the television and the user, increases the functions of the television and improves the intellectualization of the television.