Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended					0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2014	Sep. 28, 2013	Sep. 29, 2012	Sep. 27, 2014 Broadcast programming	Sep. 27, 2014 Mortgage Receivable	Sep. 13, 2012 BeefProducts	Sep. 28, 2013 Celador	Sep. 27, 2014 Guarantee Obligations	Sep. 27, 2014 Broadcast programming	Sep. 27, 2014 Available Programming	Sep. 27, 2014 Sports Programming	Nov. 15, 2014 Subsequent Event Broadcast programming	Sep. 27, 2014 Maximum Subsequent Event Broadcast programming
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Commitments	$ 54,200,000,000								$ 46,085,000,000	$ 400,000,000	$ 44,200,000,000	$ 58,000,000,000
Contractual Obligation, Term													11 years
Rental expense for operating leases	883,000,000	875,000,000	863,000,000
Non-cancelable capital leases, gross carrying value	557,000,000	572,000,000
Non-cancelable capital leases, accumulated amortization	223,000,000	208,000,000
Guaranteed obligations								334,000,000
Remaining debt service obligation guaranteed, principal								68,000,000
Damages sought by plaintiff						400,000,000
Loss Contingency, Loss in Period							321,000,000
Long-Term Receivables, net of allowance for credit losses				$ 800,000,000	$ 700,000,000
Allowance for credit losses related to long-term receivables, percentage					4.00%