Interim Financial Information (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information

The following is a summary of the Company’s selected quarterly financial data for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	For the three months ended,
2015:	March 31,  2015			June 30,  2015			September 30, 2015			December 31, 2015			2015
Revenues, net	$	668,682		$	601,138		$	632,165		$	678,950		$	2,580,935
Operating expenses	(437,935		)	(442,304		)	(472,897		)	(518,606		)	(1,871,742		)
Operating income	230,747			158,834			159,268			160,344			709,193
Net income including noncontrolling interests	126,676			87,442			76,900			90,686			381,704
Net income attributable to AMC Networks’ stockholders	$	120,920		$	83,009		$	72,770		$	90,089		$	366,788
Basic net income per share attributable to AMC Networks’ stockholders:
Income from continuing operations	$	1.67		$	1.15		$	1.00		$	1.24		$	5.06
Net income	$	1.67		$	1.15		$	1.00		1.24			$	5.06
Diluted net income per share attributable to AMC Networks’ stockholders:
Income from continuing operations	$	1.66		$	1.14		$	0.99		$	1.23		$	5.01
Net income	$	1.66		$	1.14		$	0.99		$	1.23		$	5.01

	For the three months ended,
2014:	March 31, 2014			June 30, 2014			September 30, 2014			December 31, 2014			2014
Revenues, net	$	524,554		$	522,093		$	519,550		$	609,444		$	2,175,641
Operating expenses	(376,921		)	(392,618		)	(409,321		)	(450,428		)	(1,629,288		)
Operating income	147,633			129,475			110,229			159,016			546,353
Income from continuing operations, net of income taxes	71,987			60,180			54,069			81,637			267,873
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(750		)	(1,732		)	(966		)	—			(3,448		)
Net income including noncontrolling interests	71,237			58,448			53,103			81,637			264,425
Net income attributable to AMC Networks’ stockholders	$	71,367		$	58,655		$	53,160		$	77,615		$	260,797
Basic net income per share attributable to AMC Networks’ stockholders:
Income from continuing operations	$	1.00		$	0.84		$	0.75		$	1.08		$	3.67
Net income	$	0.99		$	0.81		$	0.74		1.08			$	3.62
Diluted net income per share attributable to AMC Networks’ stockholders:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.99		$	0.83		$	0.74		$	1.06		$	3.63
Net income	$	0.98		$	0.81		$	0.73		$	1.06		$	3.58