Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for controlling a television. The method comprises the following steps: receiving, by television equipment, a control instruction that is sent from mobile equipment after the television equipment and the mobile equipment establish a connection; transferring the control instruction to a command interpreter according to a system commissioning assembly; sending, by the command interpreter, a control command to an operating system; and controlling a currently running application by means of the control instruction that is received by the operating system, so as to bypass a signature of the system and thereby to realize the control on the television equipment by means of the mobile equipment.