CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets:
Accounts receivable, allowance for doubtful accounts		$ 29,082	$ 17,205
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, par value		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized		200,000	200,000
Preferred stock, shares issued		0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding		0	0
Treasury Stock, Shares		3,256,448	1,541,675
ASSETS
Total assets	[1]	$ 13,290,502	$ 13,989,737
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Total liabilities	[1]	11,035,786	11,936,244
Non Guarantor VIEs [Member]
ASSETS
Total assets		339,613	332,570
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Total liabilities		$ 59,829	$ 61,665
Class A Common Stock [Member]
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, par value		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized		100,000,000	100,000,000
Common stock, shares issued		47,291,463	47,291,463
Common stock, shares outstanding		44,035,015	45,749,788
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, par value		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized		20,000,000	20,000,000
Common stock, shares issued		0	0
Common stock, shares outstanding		0	0
Class C Common Stock [Member]
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, par value		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized		5,000,000	5,000,000
Common stock, shares issued		0	0
Common stock, shares outstanding		0	0

[1] The consolidated total assets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 include certain assets held by consolidated VIEs of $339.6 million and $332.6 million, respectively, which are not available to be used to settle the obligations of Nexstar. The consolidated total liabilities as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 include certain liabilities of consolidated VIEs of $59.8 million and $61.7 million, respectively, for which the creditors of the VIEs have no recourse to the general credit of Nexstar. See Note 2 for additional information.