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Commitments and Contingencies
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 02, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
The Company has various contractual commitments for broadcast rights for sports, films and other programming, totaling approximately $77.4 billion, including approximately $2.7 billion for available programming as of October 2, 2021. The Company also has contractual commitments for the construction of three new cruise ships, creative talent and employment agreements and unrecognized tax benefits. Creative talent and employment agreements include obligations to actors, producers, sports, television and radio personalities and executives. Contractual commitments for sports programming rights, other broadcast programming rights and other commitments including cruise ships and creative talent are as follows:
Fiscal Year:Sports ProgrammingBroadcast
Programming		OtherTotal
2022$10,305  $3,105  $4,469  $17,879  
20239,658  1,739  1,624  13,021  
20248,406  852  1,735  10,993  
20258,663  520  1,384  10,567  
20265,863  314  165  6,342  
Thereafter27,501  428  3,477  31,406  
$70,396  $6,958  $12,854  $90,208  
Sports programming primarily relates to rights for NFL, college football (including bowl games and the College Football Playoff) and basketball, NBA, NHL, UFC, MLB, soccer, cricket, tennis, golf and Top Rank Boxing. Certain sports programming rights have payments that are variable based primarily on revenues and are not included in the table above.
See Note 16 for discussion of the Company’s operating and financing lease commitments.
Legal Matters
The Company, together with, in some instances, certain of its directors and officers, is a defendant in various legal actions involving copyright, breach of contract and various other claims incident to the conduct of its businesses. Management does not believe that the Company has incurred a probable material loss by reason of any of those actions.
Contractual Guarantees
The Company has guaranteed bond issuances by the Anaheim Public Authority that were used by the City of Anaheim to finance construction of infrastructure and a public parking facility adjacent to the Disneyland Resort. Revenues from sales, occupancy and property taxes from the Disneyland Resort and non-Disney hotels are used by the City of Anaheim to repay the bonds, which mature in 2037. In the event of a debt service shortfall, the Company will be responsible to fund the shortfall. As of October 2, 2021, the remaining debt service obligation guaranteed by the Company was $220 million. To the extent that tax revenues exceed the debt service payments subsequent to the Company funding a shortfall, the Company would be reimbursed for any previously funded shortfalls. To date, tax revenues have exceeded the debt service payments for these bonds.