Changes in Stockholder's Deficit (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 09, 2012	Sep. 11, 2011	Sep. 09, 2012		Sep. 11, 2011
Stockholders' Deficit [Line Items]
Beginning Balance			$ (1,209,739,000)	[1]
Net income	25,976,000	22,091,000	74,814,000		74,450,000
Common stock dividends and equivalents			(187,000,000)
Non-cash compensation expense	(3,895,000)	(3,347,000)	(12,183,000)		(9,231,000)
Other comprehensive loss, net	(22,000)	100,000	(24,000)		217,000
Ending Balance, (in shares)	56,846,578		56,846,578
Ending Balance	(1,345,531,000)		(1,345,531,000)
Common Stock
Stockholders' Deficit [Line Items]
Beginning Balance, (in shares)			57,741,208
Beginning Balance			577,000
Issuance of common stock, net, (in shares)			285,326
Issuance of common stock, net			3,000
Common stock effectively repurchased for required employee withholding taxes, (in shares)			(166,747)
Common stock effectively repurchased for required employee withholding taxes			(2,000)
Purchases of common stock, (in shares)			(1,336,215)
Purchases of common stock			(13,000)
Exercise of stock options, (in shares)			323,006
Exercise of stock options			3,000
Ending Balance, (in shares)	56,846,578		56,846,578
Ending Balance	568,000		568,000
Additional Paid-in Capital
Stockholders' Deficit [Line Items]
Common stock dividends and equivalents			(10,163,000)
Common stock effectively repurchased for required employee withholding taxes			(5,748,000)
Purchases of common stock			(8,043,000)
Exercise of stock options			3,060,000
Tax impact from equity-based compensation			9,622,000
Non-cash compensation expense			12,183,000
Ending Balance	911,000		911,000
Retained Deficit
Stockholders' Deficit [Line Items]
Beginning Balance			(1,207,915,000)
Net income			74,814,000
Common stock dividends and equivalents			(176,821,000)
Purchases of common stock			(34,663,000)
Ending Balance	(1,344,585,000)		(1,344,585,000)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Stockholders' Deficit [Line Items]
Beginning Balance			(2,401,000)
Other comprehensive loss, net			(24,000)
Ending Balance	$ (2,425,000)		$ (2,425,000)

[1] The balance sheet at January 1, 2012 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.