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Schedule II Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule II Valuation And Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | AMC NETWORKS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (Dollars in thousands)
|  | Balance at |  |  |  | Deductions/ |  |  |
|  | Beginning of |  | Provision for |  | Write-Offs and |  |  | Balance at
|  | Period |  | Bad Debt |  | Other Charges |  |  | Endof Period
Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
accounts | $ | 8,321 | $ | 338 | $ | (5,567 | )* | $ | 3,092
Year Ended December 31, 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
accounts | $ | 7,767 | $ | 1,484 | $ | (930 | )* | $ | 8,321
Year Ended December 31, 2009 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
accounts | $ | 6,231 | $ | 2,528 | $ | (992 | )* | $ | 7,767
* Amounts in 2011 represent primarily the write-off of certain uncollectible trade receivables that had previously been fully reserved. Amounts in 2010 and 2009 represent primarily the write-off of trade receivables following the filing of bankruptcy of certain advertisers and a cable television system operator.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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