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Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions							3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 25, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 20, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 14, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 03, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) Trading_day shares	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 19, 2017 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of debt								$ 70,200,000
Total debt	$ 1,021,603,000						$ 1,021,603,000		$ 1,017,064,000
Amortization of deferred financing costs							1,035,000	$ 896,000
Additional paid-in-capital	903,045,000						$ 903,045,000		898,729,000
Forward stock repurchase transactions amount						$ 140,000,000
Forward stock repurchase transaction, shares | shares							7.2	7.2
Letters of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Restricted cash	7,400,000						$ 7,400,000		7,400,000
Convertible Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Forward stock repurchase transaction, shares | shares						7.2
Forward stock repurchase transaction, settlement date						Mar. 01, 2020
12.500% Senior Secured Notes Due 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount					$ 525,000,000
Interest rate					12.50%
Unamortized debt premium and consent fees	14,800,000						$ 14,800,000		15,500,000
Interest rate payable term							Semi-annually
Maturity date							Jul. 01, 2022
Loan origination fees							$ 11,400,000
Amortization of deferred financing costs							600,000		500,000
Debt issuance costs	12,000,000						$ 12,000,000		12,600,000
12.500% Senior Secured Notes Due 2022 [Member] | Condition One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument redemption price percentage of principal amount redeemed							35.00%
Debt instrument redemption price, percentage							112.50%
Outstanding redemption percentage							65.00%
12.500% Senior Secured Notes Due 2022 [Member] | Condition Two [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument redemption price, percentage					100.00%
12.500% Senior Secured Notes Due 2022 [Member] | Condition Three [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument redemption price, percentage					101.00%
12.500% Senior Secured Notes Due 2022 [Member] | Additional Notes [Member] | January Two Thousand And Seventeen Additional Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount				$ 65,000,000
Interest rate				12.50%
Issue price as percentage of face value				108.00%
Proceeds from issuance of debt				$ 70,200,000
Loan origination fees							$ 2,000,000
12.500% Senior Secured Notes Due 2022 [Member] | Additional Notes [Member] | September Two Thousand And Seventeen Additional Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 100,000,000
Interest rate		12.50%
Issue price as percentage of face value		113.00%
Proceeds from issuance of debt		$ 113,000,000
Accrued interest received		$ 2,900,000
Loan origination fees							2,500,000
12.500% Senior Secured Notes Due 2022 [Member] | Supplemental Indenture [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount			$ 175,000,000							$ 75,000,000
Increase in debt amount			100,000,000
Additional secured indebtedness			50,000,000
Additional dividends			15,000,000
Consent fees paid			$ 1,400,000
3.75% Convertible Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount	361,900,000					$ 361,900,000	$ 361,900,000		361,900,000
Interest rate						3.75%
Interest rate payable term							Semi-annually
Maturity date						Mar. 01, 2020
Amortization of deferred financing costs	400,000								400,000
Debt issuance costs	3,200,000						$ 3,200,000		3,600,000
Debt instrument redemption price, percentage						100.00%
Option granted to initial purchasers						$ 60,000,000
Additional paid-in-capital						100,000,000
Convertible Notes, carrying amount of liability component	$ 316,768,000					261,900,000	$ 316,768,000		311,544,000
Effective interest rate on convertible notes	11.50%						11.50%
Proceeds received from the issuance of the convertible notes						$ 361,900,000
Convertible Notes, unamortized discount	$ 45,100,000						$ 45,100,000		50,400,000
Conversion rate						41.9274
Principal amount						$ 1,000
Conversion price | $ / shares						$ 23.85
Multiples of principal amount						$ 1,000
3.75% Convertible Senior Notes [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of common share price over conversion price for conversion							130.00%
Common stock price trading days | Trading_day							20
Common stock price consecutive trading days | Trading_day							30
3.75% Convertible Senior Notes [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument redemption price, percentage							98.00%
Common stock price trading days | Trading_day							5
Common stock price consecutive trading days | Trading_day							5
3.75% Convertible Senior Notes [Member] | Issuance Costs [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan origination fees	10,400,000
Additional paid-in-capital	2,900,000						$ 2,900,000
Issuance cost recorded to deferred financing costs	7,500,000						7,500,000
3.75% Convertible Senior Notes [Member] | Institutional Buyers [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount						340,000,000
Principal amount of Convertible Notes, subsequently exercised						$ 21,900,000
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount	690,000,000						690,000,000		690,000,000
Total debt	$ 704,835,000						$ 704,835,000		$ 705,520,000

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