Goodwill	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Goodwill	Goodwill The significant majority of the Company's goodwill arose from the November 29, 2007 acquisition of Applebee's. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the balance of goodwill was $697.5 million, of which $686.7 million has been allocated to the Applebee's franchise reporting unit and $10.8 million to the IHOP franchise reporting unit. The Company assessed goodwill for impairment in accordance with its policy described in Note 2. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company performed a quantitative test of the goodwill of the Applebee's franchise reporting unit and a qualitative test of the goodwill of the IHOP franchise unit. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company performed a qualitative assessment of the goodwill of the Applebee's franchise unit and the IHOP franchise unit and concluded it was more-likely-than-not that the fair values exceeded the respective carrying amounts and therefore bypassed any quantitative testing of goodwill. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company performed a quantitative test of the goodwill of the Applebee's franchise reporting unit and a qualitative test of the goodwill of the IHOP franchise unit. There were no impairments of goodwill recorded resulting from these assessments in 2016, 2015 or 2014. The Company considers a reporting unit at risk when its fair value is not higher than its carrying amount by more than 10%. Based on the amount by which the fair value of the Applebee's Franchise Reporting Unit exceeded the carrying value of the unit, the goodwill of the Applebee's Franchise Reporting Unit was at risk as of December 31, 2016.

Goodwill

The significant majority of the Company's goodwill arose from the November 29, 2007 acquisition of Applebee's. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the balance of goodwill was $697.5 million, of which $686.7 million has been allocated to the Applebee's franchise reporting unit and $10.8 million to the IHOP franchise reporting unit.

The Company assessed goodwill for impairment in accordance with its policy described in Note 2. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company performed a quantitative test of the goodwill of the Applebee's franchise reporting unit and a qualitative test of the goodwill of the IHOP franchise unit. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company performed a qualitative assessment of the goodwill of the Applebee's franchise unit and the IHOP franchise unit and concluded it was more-likely-than-not that the fair values exceeded the respective carrying amounts and therefore bypassed any quantitative testing of goodwill. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company performed a quantitative test of the goodwill of the Applebee's franchise reporting unit and a qualitative test of the goodwill of the IHOP franchise unit.

There were no impairments of goodwill recorded resulting from these assessments in 2016, 2015 or 2014. The Company considers a reporting unit at risk when its fair value is not higher than its carrying amount by more than 10%. Based on the amount by which the fair value of the Applebee's Franchise Reporting Unit exceeded the carrying value of the unit, the goodwill of the Applebee's Franchise Reporting Unit was at risk as of December 31, 2016.