Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended													12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2013	Dec. 30, 2012	Dec. 29, 2013 Minimum	Dec. 29, 2013 Maximum	Dec. 29, 2013 Federal Funds Rate	Dec. 29, 2013 One Month LIBOR Rate	Dec. 29, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 LIBOR Based Borrowing	Aug. 05, 2013 LIBOR Based Borrowing Minimum	Aug. 05, 2013 LIBOR Based Borrowing Maximum	Dec. 29, 2013 ABR Based Borrowing [Member]	Aug. 05, 2013 ABR Based Borrowing [Member] Minimum	Aug. 05, 2013 ABR Based Borrowing [Member] Maximum	Dec. 25, 2011 Unsecured Floating Rate Term Loan Due July 2011 [Member]	Dec. 23, 2013 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 8.00 Percent Due 2016	Dec. 29, 2013 Unsecured fixed rate notes 8.75 Percent due November 2014	Dec. 30, 2012 Unsecured fixed rate notes 8.75 Percent due November 2014	Dec. 29, 2013 Unsecured fixed rate notes 10 Percent due June 2015	Dec. 30, 2012 Unsecured fixed rate notes 10 Percent due June 2015	Dec. 29, 2013 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 10 Percent Due April 2016	Dec. 30, 2012 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 10 Percent Due April 2016	Dec. 29, 2013 Unsecured fixed rate notes 9.375 Percent due November 2017	Dec. 30, 2012 Unsecured fixed rate notes 9.375 Percent due November 2017	Dec. 29, 2013 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 6.375 Percent Due October 2023	Oct. 03, 2013 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 6.375 Percent Due October 2023	Dec. 30, 2012 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 6.375 Percent Due October 2023	Dec. 29, 2013 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 7.75 Percent Due June 2027	Dec. 23, 2013 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 7.75 Percent Due June 2027	Dec. 30, 2012 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 7.75 Percent Due June 2027	Dec. 29, 2013 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 7.25 Percent Due September 2027	Dec. 23, 2013 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 7.25 Percent Due September 2027	Dec. 30, 2012 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 7.25 Percent Due September 2027	Dec. 29, 2013 VIE Non-Consolidated Loan due Quarterly - March 2014 through December 2018	Dec. 29, 2013 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 5.125 Percent Due July 2020	Jul. 29, 2013 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 5.125 Percent Due July 2020	Dec. 30, 2012 Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes 5.125 Percent Due July 2020	Dec. 29, 2013 Unsecured Floating Rate Term Loan Due Quarterly	Dec. 30, 2012 Unsecured Floating Rate Term Loan Due Quarterly	Aug. 05, 2013 Next Eighteen Months [Member]	Aug. 05, 2013 Eighteen to Thirty Months	Aug. 05, 2013 Thirty Months Thereafter	Dec. 23, 2013 Belo	Dec. 29, 2013 Variable Interest Equity, Non-Consolidated [Member]	Mar. 14, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Unsecured fixed rate notes 9.375 Percent due November 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments of unsecured fixed rate notes	$ 287,719,000	$ 306,571,000												$ 180,000,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	5,890,000
Average Debt Outstanding During Period	2,000,000,000	1,700,000,000
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	7.70%	7.70%
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity							1,200,000,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount															275,000,000	250,000,000	250,000,000	66,568,000	66,568,000	193,429,000	193,429,000	250,000,000	250,000,000	650,000,000	650,000,000	0	200,000,000	200,000,000	0	240,000,000	240,000,000	0		600,000,000	600,000,000	0	154,800,000	0				715,000,000	66,900,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage															8.00%	8.75%		10.00%		10.00%		9.375%		6.375%	6.375%		7.75%	7.75%		7.25%	7.25%		4.25%	5.125%	5.125%
Total Number of TV Stations Owned by VIE Non-Consolidated	3
Number of TV Stations Owned by VIE Consolidated	4
Debt Instrument Redemption Price																																												104.688%
Debt Instrument Yield To Maturity																									6.50%										5.375%
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	1,200,000,000
Maximum total leverage ratio																																							4	3.75	3.5
Long-term debt, fair value	3,930,000,000	1,620,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage			0.375%	0.50%
Applicable Margin Rate					0.50%	1.00%		2.50%	1.75%	2.50%	1.50%	0.75%	1.50%
Shelf Registration Statement Maximum Amount Of Securities Authorized For Issuance	7,000,000,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	356,022,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	232,883,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	289,454,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	569,818,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	$ 2,290,000,000