CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Millions		Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 1,333.0	$ 1,060.0
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $8 and $2, respectively		1,132.0	599.0
Current portion of program contract costs		58.0	64.0
Income taxes receivable		103.0	0.0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		287.0	61.0
Total current assets		2,913.0	1,784.0
Program contract costs, less current portion		5.0	11.0
Property and equipment, net		765.0	683.0
Operating lease assets		223.0
Goodwill		4,716.0	2,124.0
Indefinite-lived intangible assets		158.0	158.0
Finite-lived intangible assets, net		7,977.0	1,627.0
Other assets		613.0	185.0
Total assets	[1]	17,370.0	6,572.0
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		782.0	330.0
Income taxes payable		0.0	23.0
Current portion of notes payable, finance leases, and commercial bank financing		71.0	43.0
Current portion of operating lease liabilities		38.0
Current portion of program contracts payable		88.0	93.0
Other current liabilities		155.0	84.0
Total current liabilities		1,134.0	573.0
Notes payable, finance leases, and commercial bank financing, less current portion		12,367.0	3,850.0
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion		217.0
Program contracts payable, less current portion		39.0	50.0
Deferred tax liabilities		407.0	413.0
Other long-term liabilities		434.0	86.0
Total liabilities	[1]	14,598.0	4,972.0
Commitments and contingencies (See Note 13)
Redeemable noncontrolling interests		1,078.0	0.0
Shareholders' Equity:
Additional paid-in capital		1,011.0	1,121.0
Retained earnings		492.0	518.0
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(2.0)	(1.0)
Total Sinclair Broadcast Group shareholders’ equity		1,502.0	1,639.0
Noncontrolling interests		192.0	(39.0)
Total equity		1,694.0	1,600.0
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests, and equity		17,370.0	6,572.0
Total assets of variable interest entities		228.0	127.0
Total liabilities of variable interest entities		27.0	22.0
Class A Common Stock
Shareholders' Equity:
Common Stock		1.0	1.0
Class B Common Stock
Shareholders' Equity:
Common Stock		0.0	0.0
Customer relationships
CURRENT ASSETS:
Finite-lived intangible assets, net		5,979.0	772.0
Other Definite-Lived Intangible Assets
CURRENT ASSETS:
Finite-lived intangible assets, net		$ 1,998.0	$ 855.0

[1] Our consolidated total assets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 include total assets of variable interest entities (VIEs) of $228 million and $127 million, respectively, which can only be used to settle the obligations of the VIEs.  Our consolidated total liabilities as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 include total liabilities of the VIEs of $27 million and $22 million, respectively, for which the creditors of the VIEs have no recourse to us.  See Note 14. Variable Interest Entities.