POWER OF ATTORNEY

BE IT KNOWN, that Jeffrey Sagansky, a director of Scripps Networks Interactive,
Inc., does hereby make and appoint Cynthia L. Gibson, Executive Vice President,
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary of Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.
(effective November 30, 2012), as his true and lawful attorney for him and in
his name, place and stead, giving and granting to said attorney the power and
authority to sign and file reports required under Section 16(a) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 with full power of substitution and
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming such act(s) that said attorney shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November, 2012.

/s/ Jeffrey Sagansky