Description Of Business And Basis Of Presentation (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013 network segment	Mar. 31, 2012
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments	2
Nationally distributed programming networks	4
Cash flow reclassification of prepaid portion of program rights		$ 22,341

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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