Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	May 01, 2017
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001430602
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Trading Symbol	SNI
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2017
Common Class A [Member]
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		95,905,959
Voting Common Stock [Member]
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		33,850,481