A cathode ray tube display in which a signal for detection of a cathode current is inserted into a part of the vertical blanking period of the video signal to be displayed, a cathode current corresponding to the signal for detection is detected, and a cathode voltage or a grid voltage is negative feedback controlled so that the detected cathode current becomes constant, thereby stabilizing the cathode current. The display has a local overscan circuit for executing a vertical scan on the screen with a width larger than a predetermined scan width only at a timing of the cathode current detecting signal inserted for a vertical blanking period, and even in the case where an underscan system to scan by a width smaller than a predetermined display screen width is used as a scan system of the screen display. The invention prevents a harmful visible display image by the cathode current detecting signal appears on the screen.