Lighting device, display device, and television receiver

摘要

A backlight device configured so that the generation of uneven brightness is suppressed. A backlight device (12) is provided with: a hot cathode tube (17) serving as the light source; a chassis (14) having a bottom plate (14a) disposed on the opposite side of the hot cathode tube (17) from the light emission side and containing the hot cathode tube (17); a reflecting sheet (20) for reflecting light and provided with a bottom section (20a) which is disposed along the bottom plate (14a) and also with rising sections (20b) which rise from the bottom section (20a) to the light emission side; first gripping members (21) provided on the opposite side of the rising sections (20b) from the light emission side and affixed to the chassis (14); and second gripping members (22) which are provided to the rising sections (20b) so as to be located on the light emission side and are capable of gripping the rising sections (20b) in cooperation with the first gripping members (21).