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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements |
SEC Schedule, 12-09, Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block] | GRAY TELEVISION, INC. SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (in millions)
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|  | Balance at |  |  | Charged to |  |  | Charged to |  |  |  |  |  |  | Balance at |
|  | Beginning |  |  | Costs and |  |  | Other |  |  | Deductions |  |  | End of |
Description |  | of Period |  |  | Expenses |  |  | Accounts |  |  | (a) |  |  | Period |
Year Ended December 31, 2019: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 11 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 14 |
Year Ended December 31, 2018: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | 5 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Year Ended December 31, 2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 5 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
| (a) | Deductions from allowance for doubtful accounts represent write-offs of receivable balances not considered collectible. The deduction from the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets represents changes in estimates of our future taxable income and our estimated future usage of certain net operating loss carryforwards, as well as expiration of certain net operating loss carryforwards.

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