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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)						12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)	Oct. 01, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2010 USD ($)	Oct. 03, 2009 USD ($)	Sep. 15, 2009	Nov. 18, 2011 UTH Russia Limited Acquisition USD ($)	Oct. 03, 2009 UTV Software Communications Limited USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 UTV Software Communications Limited INR	Jan. 31, 2010 UTV Software Communications Limited	Nov. 30, 2008 UTV Software Communications Limited USD ($)	May 09, 2008 UTV Software Communications Limited USD ($)	May 09, 2008 UTV Software Communications Limited Maximum	Aug. 27, 2010 Playdom USD ($)	Aug. 27, 2010 Playdom Maximum USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2010 Retail Networks Company USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 Marvel Entertainment Inc. Year	Dec. 31, 2009 Marvel Entertainment Inc. USD ($)	Sep. 14, 2009 AETN	Sep. 30, 2009 AETN/Lifetime	Sep. 15, 2009 AETN/Lifetime USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2008 Jetix Europe NV USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total acquisition purchase price												$ 563,000,000				$ 4,200,000,000
Interest acquired in company, percentage					49.00%				23.00%	24.00%										26.00%
Cash paid per share for Marvel shareholders																$ 30
Undiluted ownership interest in company, percentage								50.00%	60.00%	37.00%
Total acquisition purchase price, subject to vesting conditions												108,000,000
Stock issued per share for Marvel shareholders																0.7452
Cash paid for business acquisition					300,000,000				138,000,000	197,000,000						2,400,000,000				354,000,000
Shares distributed to Marvel shareholders, value																1,900,000,000
Percentage of ownership interest in voting shares								39.00%	48.00%
Percentage of ownership interest acquired																				99.00%
Shares distributed to Marvel shareholders, shares																59,000,000
Shares distributed to Marvel shareholders, stock price																$ 32.25
Business acquisition, preacquisition required voting interest											23.00%
Investment, non-cash impairment charges						65,000,000
Final offer price per share							1,000
Percentage of ownership interest intended to acquire							20.00%
Estimated ownership							90.00%
Additional consideration to be paid if Playdom achieves predefined revenues and earnings targets for the calendar year 2012													200,000,000
Value of notes from Retail Networks company acquired														17,000,000
Cash and cash equivalents acquired in a business combination	105,000,000													13,000,000
Non-cash gain from the deemed termination of the existing licensing arrangement														22,000,000
Estimated useful life of intangible asset, years															40
Ownership interest in Lifetime, transferred				50.00%
Ownership interest, percentage																	37.50%	42.00%
Pre-tax gain from dispositions																			228,000,000
Non-cash gain from Lifetime/AETN Transaction																			142,000,000
Interest on AETN/Lifetime when NBCU may elect or be required to exit the combined AETN/Lifetime over a period of up to 15 years																			50.00%
Goodwill accumulated impairments	$ 29,000,000	$ 29,000,000	$ 29,000,000