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Description Of Business And Basis Of Presentation (Narrative) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
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Number of Nationally Distributed Programming Networks 5amcx_NumberofNationallyDistributedProgrammingNetworks