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RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Charges by Segment | Restructuring and other charges by reportable segment and corporate and inter-segment eliminations were as follows (in millions).
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Studios |  | $ | 263 |  |  | $ | 225 |  |  | $ | 1,050 |
Networks |  | 85 |  |  | 201 |  |  | 1,003 |
DTC |  | 3 |  |  | 66 |  |  | 1,551 |
Corporate and inter-segment eliminations |  | 96 |  |  | 93 |  |  | 153 |
Total restructuring and other charges |  | $ | 447 |  |  | $ | 585 |  |  | $ | 3,757 |
Schedule of Changes in Restructuring Liabilities Recorded in Accrued Liabilities and Other Noncurrent Liabilities by Category | Changes in restructuring liabilities recorded in accrued liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities by major category and by reportable segment and corporate were as follows (in millions).
|  |  |  |  |  | Studios |  | Networks |  | DTC |  | Corporate |  | Total
December 31, 2022 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 156 |  |  | $ | 361 |  |  | $ | 188 |  |  | $ | 159 |  |  | $ | 864 |
Contract termination accruals, net |  |  |  |  |  | 48 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 87 |
Employee termination accruals, net |  |  |  |  |  | 47 |  |  | 175 |  |  | 60 |  |  | 78 |  |  | 360 |
Other accruals |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |
Cash paid |  |  |  |  |  | (153) |  |  | (352) |  |  | (176) |  |  | (172) |  |  | (853) |
December 31, 2023 |  |  |  |  |  | 98 |  |  | 202 |  |  | 80 |  |  | 80 |  |  | 460 |
Contract termination accruals, net |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 4 |
Employee termination accruals, net |  |  |  |  |  | 79 |  |  | 84 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 78 |  |  | 265 |
Other accruals |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | (2) |  |  | (20) |  |  | 4 |  |  | (17) |
Cash paid |  |  |  |  |  | (83) |  |  | (180) |  |  | (53) |  |  | (107) |  |  | (423) |
December 31, 2024 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 95 |  |  | $ | 105 |  |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 58 |  |  | $ | 289 |

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