A broadcast receiving apparatus and a broadcast receiving method in which specific broadcast channels are distinguished, displayed and automatically tuned are provided. The broadcast receiving apparatus includes a broadcast receiver which tunes to a broadcast channel, a display information generator which generates display information to be displayed on one field of a display, and a controller which controls the display information generator to generate a list, in which specific broadcast channels are displayed differently from other broadcast channels among tunable broadcast channels and shown as display information, and controls the broadcast receiver to automatically tune to the specific broadcast channels from among the tunable broadcast channels.