Document And Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Entity Registrant Name	AMC Networks Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001514991
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Common Class A [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		60,877,998
Common Class B [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		11,484,408