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Supplemental Information About Segment Expenses (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2026
Mar. 29, 2025
Mar. 28, 2026
Mar. 29, 2025
Corporate and unallocated shared expenses $ 380 $ 395 $ 684 $ 855
Amortization of Intangible Assets and Fair Value Step-up on Film and Television Costs [1] 313 393 613 787
Selling, General and Administrative Expense 4,073 3,981 8,194 7,911
Depreciation and amortization 1,405 1,324 2,721 2,600
Total costs and expenses 21,379 20,115 43,485 40,727
Entertainment Segment        
Programming and Production Costs 6,406 5,691 12,720 11,166
Other Cost and Expense, Operating [2] 1,500 1,361 2,969 2,701
Selling, General and Administrative Expense 2,330 2,293 4,956 4,587
Depreciation and amortization 251 203 469 381
Total costs and expenses 10,487 9,548 21,114 18,835
Sports Segment        
Programming and Production Costs 3,357 3,267 7,489 7,310
Other Cost and Expense, Operating [3] 248 240 505 490
Selling, General and Administrative Expense 337 347 645 657
Depreciation and amortization 28 11 52 21
Total costs and expenses 3,970 3,865 8,691 8,478
Experiences Segment        
Other Cost and Expense, Operating [4] 985 877 1,887 1,661
Selling, General and Administrative Expense 1,115 1,024 2,077 1,972
Depreciation and amortization 788 705 1,547 1,384
Total costs and expenses 6,872 6,398 13,569 12,703
Operating Labor 2,355 2,213 4,640 4,377
Infrastructure Costs 856 856 1,702 1,657
Costs of goods sold and distribution costs 773 723 1,716 1,652
Segment Eliminations        
Programming and Production Costs [5] $ (643) $ (484) $ (1,186) $ (931)
[1] Excludes Acquisition Amortization of intangible assets related to an equity investee.
[2] Other operating expenses of Entertainment include technology support costs, distribution costs and costs of goods sold.
[3] Other operating expenses of Sports include technology support costs and distribution costs.
[4] Other operating expenses of Experiences include costs for supplies, processing fees and entertainment offerings.
[5] Reflects fees paid by (a) the entertainment virtual multi-channel video programming distributor (vMVPD) services to the sports and entertainment linear networks for the right to air the networks on the Hulu Live TV and Fubo services and (b) the Entertainment segment to the Sports segment to program certain sports content on ABC Network and Disney+. The offset is included in Entertainment programming and production costs.