Quarterly Financial Summary (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended																			3 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2013		Jun. 29, 2013		Mar. 30, 2013		Dec. 29, 2012		Sep. 29, 2012		Jun. 30, 2012		Mar. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011		Sep. 28, 2013	Sep. 29, 2012	Oct. 01, 2011	Sep. 29, 2012 Recovery of Bad Debt Charge	Sep. 28, 2013 Gain (Loss) on Acquisition	Sep. 28, 2013 Restructuring and Impairment Charges	Jun. 29, 2013 Restructuring and Impairment Charges	Mar. 30, 2013 Restructuring and Impairment Charges	Sep. 29, 2012 Restructuring and Impairment Charges	Jun. 30, 2012 Restructuring and Impairment Charges	Mar. 31, 2012 Restructuring and Impairment Charges	Dec. 31, 2011 Restructuring and Impairment Charges	Sep. 28, 2013 Favorable Tax Adjustments	Mar. 30, 2013 Favorable Tax Adjustments	Dec. 29, 2012 Favorable Tax Adjustments	Mar. 31, 2012 UTV Software Communications Limited Gain (Loss) on Acquisition	Dec. 29, 2012 Celador	Dec. 29, 2012 Hulu Llc	Sep. 28, 2013 Hulu Llc	Oct. 05, 2012 Hulu Llc	Sep. 29, 2012 Hulu Llc	Nov. 07, 2012 Espn Star Sports	Dec. 29, 2012 Espn Star Sports Gains (Losses) on Sales of Assets	Sep. 29, 2012 Disneyland Paris Cost of Early Repayment of Debt
Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]
Diluted (usd per share)	$ 0.77	[1]	$ 1.01	[2]	$ 0.83	[3]	$ 0.77	[4]	$ 0.68	[1]	$ 1.01	[2]	$ 0.63	[3]	$ 0.80	[4]	$ 3.38	$ 3.13	$ 2.52	$ 0.03	$ 0.01	$ (0.03)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.02)	$ 0.00	$ (0.01)	$ 0.00	$ 0.02	$ 0.06	$ 0.04	$ 0.06	$ (0.11)	$ (0.02)					$ 0.07	$ 0.00
Unusual or Infrequent Item, Earnings Per Share Impact, Net	$ 0.00				$ 0.04		$ (0.02)		$ 0.00				$ 0.05
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Interest																																			33.00%	32.00%	29.00%	50.00%

[1] Results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 include restructuring and impairment charges ($0.03 per diluted share), offset by a tax benefit related to an increase in the amount of prior-year foreign earnings considered to be indefinitely reinvested outside of the United States ($0.02 per diluted share) and gains on the sale of various businesses ($0.01 per diluted share), which collectively had no net impact on earnings per share. The fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 includes the Lehman recovery ($0.03 per diluted share) offset by restructuring and impairment charges ($0.02 per diluted share) and the DLP debt charge (rounds to $0.00 per diluted share), which collectively had no net impact on earnings per share.

[2] Results for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 include restructuring and impairment charges, which had an adverse impact of $0.02 on diluted earnings per share. The third quarter of fiscal 2012 includes restructuring charges, which had no net impact on earnings per share.

[3] Results for the second quarter of fiscal 2013 include favorable tax adjustments related to pre-tax earnings in prior years ($0.06 per diluted share), partially offset by restructuring and impairment charges ($0.02 per diluted share). These items collectively had a net positive impact of $0.04 on diluted earnings per share. The second quarter of fiscal 2012 includes a non-cash gain on the Company’s equity investment in UTV, which arose in connection with the acquisition of a controlling interest in UTV ($0.06 per diluted share) and restructuring and impairment charges ($0.01 per diluted share). These items had a net positive impact of $0.05 on diluted earnings per share.

[4] Results for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 include charges related to the Celador litigation ($0.11 per diluted share) and our share of expense associated with the Hulu Equity Redemption ($0.02 per diluted share), partially offset by a gain on the sale of our 50% interest in ESS ($0.07 per diluted share) and a tax benefit related to an increase in the amount of prior-year foreign earnings considered to be indefinitely reinvested outside of the United States ($0.04 per diluted share). These items had a net adverse impact of $0.02 on diluted earnings per share. The first quarter of fiscal 2012 includes restructuring charges, which had no net impact on earnings per share.