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Earnings Per Share
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Earnings Per Share  
Earnings Per Share

Note 2: Earnings Per Share

Computation of Diluted EPS
  Three Months Ended June 30
  2012 2011
(in millions, except per share data) Net Income Attributable to Comcast CorporationShares Per Share Amount  Net Income Attributable to Comcast CorporationShares Per Share Amount
Basic EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders$ 1,348 2,687$ 0.50 $ 1,022 2,759$ 0.37
Effect of dilutive securities:           
 Assumed exercise or issuance of shares relating to stock plans   30      30  
Diluted EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders$ 1,348 2,717$ 0.50 $ 1,022 2,789$ 0.37
             
  Six Months Ended June 30
  2012 2011
(in millions, except per share data) Net Income Attributable to Comcast CorporationShares Per Share Amount  Net Income Attributable to Comcast CorporationShares Per Share Amount
Basic EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders$ 2,572 2,697$ 0.95 $ 1,965 2,765$ 0.71
Effect of dilutive securities:           
 Assumed exercise or issuance of shares relating to stock plans   36      34  
Diluted EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders$ 2,572 2,733$ 0.94 $ 1,965 2,799$ 0.70

Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders (“diluted EPS”) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 excludes 44 million and 35 million, respectively, of potential common shares related to our share-based compensation plans, because the inclusion of the potential common shares would have had an antidilutive effect. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, diluted EPS excluded 52 million and 43 million, respectively, of potential common shares.