Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 164,586	$ 29,404
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $8,427 and $3,723, respectively	503,000	581,765
Other receivables	14,093	19,640
Syndicated programming rights	60,378	49,616
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	21,224	26,899
Total current assets	763,281	707,324
Property and equipment
Cost	1,011,744	997,736
Less accumulated depreciation	(541,197)	(512,015)
Net property and equipment	470,547	485,721
Intangible and other assets
Goodwill	2,968,693	2,950,587
Indefinite-lived and amortizable intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $218,468 and $168,452, respectively	2,501,027	2,561,614
Right-of-use assets for operating leases	98,242	103,461
Investments and other assets	143,206	145,269
Total intangible and other assets	5,711,168	5,760,931
Total assets	6,944,996	6,953,976
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	61,441	51,894
Accrued liabilities
Compensation	44,744	63,876
Interest	25,699	46,013
Contracts payable for programming rights	145,796	119,872
Other	98,438	60,983
Dividends payable	0	15,188
Income taxes payable	23,226	3,332
Total current liabilities	399,344	361,158
Noncurrent liabilities
Income taxes	7,671	7,490
Deferred income tax liability	524,974	515,621
Long-term debt	3,906,196	4,179,245
Pension liabilities	114,281	127,146
Operating lease liabilities	100,660	105,902
Other noncurrent liabilities	77,681	67,037
Total noncurrent liabilities	4,731,463	5,002,441
Total liabilities	5,130,807	5,363,599
Commitments and contingent liabilities (see Note 11)
Redeemable noncontrolling interest (see Note 11)	14,653	0
Shareholders’ equity
Common stock of $1 par value per share, 800,000,000 shares authorized, 324,418,632 shares issued	324,419	324,419
Additional paid-in capital	119,794	247,497
Retained earnings	6,846,554	6,655,088
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(139,087)	(142,597)
Less treasury stock at cost, 105,271,009 shares and 106,955,082 shares, respectively	(5,352,144)	(5,494,030)
Total equity	1,799,536	1,590,377
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and equity	$ 6,944,996	$ 6,953,976