diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
index 5c6152427..c9cf96ea3 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from .extractor.common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
 from .extractor.ard import ARDIE
 from .extractor.arte import ArteTvIE
 from .extractor.bliptv import BlipTVIE, BlipTVUserIE
+from .extractor.comedycentral import ComedyCentralIE
 from .extractor.dailymotion import DailymotionIE
 from .extractor.gametrailers import GametrailersIE
 from .extractor.generic import GenericIE
@@ -196,172 +197,6 @@ class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 
 
-class ComedyCentralIE(InfoExtractor):
-    """Information extractor for The Daily Show and Colbert Report """
-
-    # urls can be abbreviations like :thedailyshow or :colbert
-    # urls for episodes like:
-    # or urls for clips like: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-december-10-2012/any-given-gun-day
-    #                     or: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/421667/november-29-2012/moon-shattering-news
-    #                     or: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-collections/422008/festival-of-lights/79524
-    _VALID_URL = r"""^(:(?P<shortname>tds|thedailyshow|cr|colbert|colbertnation|colbertreport)
-                      |(https?://)?(www\.)?
-                          (?P<showname>thedailyshow|colbertnation)\.com/
-                         (full-episodes/(?P<episode>.*)|
-                          (?P<clip>
-                              (the-colbert-report-(videos|collections)/(?P<clipID>[0-9]+)/[^/]*/(?P<cntitle>.*?))
-                              |(watch/(?P<date>[^/]*)/(?P<tdstitle>.*)))))
-                     $"""
-
-    _available_formats = ['3500', '2200', '1700', '1200', '750', '400']
-
-    _video_extensions = {
-        '3500': 'mp4',
-        '2200': 'mp4',
-        '1700': 'mp4',
-        '1200': 'mp4',
-        '750': 'mp4',
-        '400': 'mp4',
-    }
-    _video_dimensions = {
-        '3500': '1280x720',
-        '2200': '960x540',
-        '1700': '768x432',
-        '1200': '640x360',
-        '750': '512x288',
-        '400': '384x216',
-    }
-
-    @classmethod
-    def suitable(cls, url):
-        """Receives a URL and returns True if suitable for this IE."""
-        return re.match(cls._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE) is not None
-
-    def _print_formats(self, formats):
-        print('Available formats:')
-        for x in formats:
-            print('%s\t:\t%s\t[%s]' %(x, self._video_extensions.get(x, 'mp4'), self._video_dimensions.get(x, '???')))
-
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
-
-        if mobj.group('shortname'):
-            if mobj.group('shortname') in ('tds', 'thedailyshow'):
-                url = u'http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/'
-            else:
-                url = u'http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/'
-            mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
-            assert mobj is not None
-
-        if mobj.group('clip'):
-            if mobj.group('showname') == 'thedailyshow':
-                epTitle = mobj.group('tdstitle')
-            else:
-                epTitle = mobj.group('cntitle')
-            dlNewest = False
-        else:
-            dlNewest = not mobj.group('episode')
-            if dlNewest:
-                epTitle = mobj.group('showname')
-            else:
-                epTitle = mobj.group('episode')
-
-        self.report_extraction(epTitle)
-        webpage,htmlHandle = self._download_webpage_handle(url, epTitle)
-        if dlNewest:
-            url = htmlHandle.geturl()
-            mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
-            if mobj is None:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid redirected URL: ' + url)
-            if mobj.group('episode') == '':
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Redirected URL is still not specific: ' + url)
-            epTitle = mobj.group('episode')
-
-        mMovieParams = re.findall('(?:<param name="movie" value="|var url = ")(http://media.mtvnservices.com/([^"]*(?:episode|video).*?:.*?))"', webpage)
-
-        if len(mMovieParams) == 0:
-            # The Colbert Report embeds the information in a without
-            # a URL prefix; so extract the alternate reference
-            # and then add the URL prefix manually.
-
-            altMovieParams = re.findall('data-mgid="([^"]*(?:episode|video).*?:.*?)"', webpage)
-            if len(altMovieParams) == 0:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'unable to find Flash URL in webpage ' + url)
-            else:
-                mMovieParams = [("http://media.mtvnservices.com/" + altMovieParams[0], altMovieParams[0])]
-
-        uri = mMovieParams[0][1]
-        indexUrl = 'http://shadow.comedycentral.com/feeds/video_player/mrss/?' + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'uri': uri})
-        indexXml = self._download_webpage(indexUrl, epTitle,
-                                          u'Downloading show index',
-                                          u'unable to download episode index')
-
-        results = []
-
-        idoc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(indexXml)
-        itemEls = idoc.findall('.//item')
-        for partNum,itemEl in enumerate(itemEls):
-            mediaId = itemEl.findall('./guid')[0].text
-            shortMediaId = mediaId.split(':')[-1]
-            showId = mediaId.split(':')[-2].replace('.com', '')
-            officialTitle = itemEl.findall('./title')[0].text
-            officialDate = unified_strdate(itemEl.findall('./pubDate')[0].text)
-
-            configUrl = ('http://www.comedycentral.com/global/feeds/entertainment/media/mediaGenEntertainment.jhtml?' +
-                        compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'uri': mediaId}))
-            configXml = self._download_webpage(configUrl, epTitle,
-                                               u'Downloading configuration for %s' % shortMediaId)
-
-            cdoc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(configXml)
-            turls = []
-            for rendition in cdoc.findall('.//rendition'):
-                finfo = (rendition.attrib['bitrate'], rendition.findall('./src')[0].text)
-                turls.append(finfo)
-
-            if len(turls) == 0:
-                self._downloader.report_error(u'unable to download ' + mediaId + ': No videos found')
-                continue
-
-            if self._downloader.params.get('listformats', None):
-                self._print_formats([i[0] for i in turls])
-                return
-
-            # For now, just pick the highest bitrate
-            format,rtmp_video_url = turls[-1]
-
-            # Get the format arg from the arg stream
-            req_format = self._downloader.params.get('format', None)
-
-            # Select format if we can find one
-            for f,v in turls:
-                if f == req_format:
-                    format, rtmp_video_url = f, v
-                    break
-
-            m = re.match(r'^rtmpe?://.*?/(?P<finalid>gsp.comedystor/.*)$', rtmp_video_url)
-            if not m:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Cannot transform RTMP url')
-            base = 'http://mtvnmobile.vo.llnwd.net/kip0/_pxn=1+_pxI0=Ripod-h264+_pxL0=undefined+_pxM0=+_pxK=18639+_pxE=mp4/44620/mtvnorigin/'
-            video_url = base + m.group('finalid')
-
-            effTitle = showId + u'-' + epTitle + u' part ' + compat_str(partNum+1)
-            info = {
-                'id': shortMediaId,
-                'url': video_url,
-                'uploader': showId,
-                'upload_date': officialDate,
-                'title': effTitle,
-                'ext': 'mp4',
-                'format': format,
-                'thumbnail': None,
-                'description': officialTitle,
-            }
-            results.append(info)
-
-        return results
 
 
 class EscapistIE(InfoExtractor):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bb359046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+import re
+import xml.etree.ElementTree
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    compat_str,
+    compat_urllib_parse,
+
+    ExtractorError,
+    unified_strdate,
+)
+
+
+class ComedyCentralIE(InfoExtractor):
+    """Information extractor for The Daily Show and Colbert Report """
+
+    # urls can be abbreviations like :thedailyshow or :colbert
+    # urls for episodes like:
+    # or urls for clips like: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-december-10-2012/any-given-gun-day
+    #                     or: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/421667/november-29-2012/moon-shattering-news
+    #                     or: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-collections/422008/festival-of-lights/79524
+    _VALID_URL = r"""^(:(?P<shortname>tds|thedailyshow|cr|colbert|colbertnation|colbertreport)
+                      |(https?://)?(www\.)?
+                          (?P<showname>thedailyshow|colbertnation)\.com/
+                         (full-episodes/(?P<episode>.*)|
+                          (?P<clip>
+                              (the-colbert-report-(videos|collections)/(?P<clipID>[0-9]+)/[^/]*/(?P<cntitle>.*?))
+                              |(watch/(?P<date>[^/]*)/(?P<tdstitle>.*)))))
+                     $"""
+
+    _available_formats = ['3500', '2200', '1700', '1200', '750', '400']
+
+    _video_extensions = {
+        '3500': 'mp4',
+        '2200': 'mp4',
+        '1700': 'mp4',
+        '1200': 'mp4',
+        '750': 'mp4',
+        '400': 'mp4',
+    }
+    _video_dimensions = {
+        '3500': '1280x720',
+        '2200': '960x540',
+        '1700': '768x432',
+        '1200': '640x360',
+        '750': '512x288',
+        '400': '384x216',
+    }
+
+    @classmethod
+    def suitable(cls, url):
+        """Receives a URL and returns True if suitable for this IE."""
+        return re.match(cls._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE) is not None
+
+    def _print_formats(self, formats):
+        print('Available formats:')
+        for x in formats:
+            print('%s\t:\t%s\t[%s]' %(x, self._video_extensions.get(x, 'mp4'), self._video_dimensions.get(x, '???')))
+
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
+        if mobj is None:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+
+        if mobj.group('shortname'):
+            if mobj.group('shortname') in ('tds', 'thedailyshow'):
+                url = u'http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/'
+            else:
+                url = u'http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/'
+            mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
+            assert mobj is not None
+
+        if mobj.group('clip'):
+            if mobj.group('showname') == 'thedailyshow':
+                epTitle = mobj.group('tdstitle')
+            else:
+                epTitle = mobj.group('cntitle')
+            dlNewest = False
+        else:
+            dlNewest = not mobj.group('episode')
+            if dlNewest:
+                epTitle = mobj.group('showname')
+            else:
+                epTitle = mobj.group('episode')
+
+        self.report_extraction(epTitle)
+        webpage,htmlHandle = self._download_webpage_handle(url, epTitle)
+        if dlNewest:
+            url = htmlHandle.geturl()
+            mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
+            if mobj is None:
+                raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid redirected URL: ' + url)
+            if mobj.group('episode') == '':
+                raise ExtractorError(u'Redirected URL is still not specific: ' + url)
+            epTitle = mobj.group('episode')
+
+        mMovieParams = re.findall('(?:<param name="movie" value="|var url = ")(http://media.mtvnservices.com/([^"]*(?:episode|video).*?:.*?))"', webpage)
+
+        if len(mMovieParams) == 0:
+            # The Colbert Report embeds the information in a without
+            # a URL prefix; so extract the alternate reference
+            # and then add the URL prefix manually.
+
+            altMovieParams = re.findall('data-mgid="([^"]*(?:episode|video).*?:.*?)"', webpage)
+            if len(altMovieParams) == 0:
+                raise ExtractorError(u'unable to find Flash URL in webpage ' + url)
+            else:
+                mMovieParams = [("http://media.mtvnservices.com/" + altMovieParams[0], altMovieParams[0])]
+
+        uri = mMovieParams[0][1]
+        indexUrl = 'http://shadow.comedycentral.com/feeds/video_player/mrss/?' + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'uri': uri})
+        indexXml = self._download_webpage(indexUrl, epTitle,
+                                          u'Downloading show index',
+                                          u'unable to download episode index')
+
+        results = []
+
+        idoc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(indexXml)
+        itemEls = idoc.findall('.//item')
+        for partNum,itemEl in enumerate(itemEls):
+            mediaId = itemEl.findall('./guid')[0].text
+            shortMediaId = mediaId.split(':')[-1]
+            showId = mediaId.split(':')[-2].replace('.com', '')
+            officialTitle = itemEl.findall('./title')[0].text
+            officialDate = unified_strdate(itemEl.findall('./pubDate')[0].text)
+
+            configUrl = ('http://www.comedycentral.com/global/feeds/entertainment/media/mediaGenEntertainment.jhtml?' +
+                        compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'uri': mediaId}))
+            configXml = self._download_webpage(configUrl, epTitle,
+                                               u'Downloading configuration for %s' % shortMediaId)
+
+            cdoc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(configXml)
+            turls = []
+            for rendition in cdoc.findall('.//rendition'):
+                finfo = (rendition.attrib['bitrate'], rendition.findall('./src')[0].text)
+                turls.append(finfo)
+
+            if len(turls) == 0:
+                self._downloader.report_error(u'unable to download ' + mediaId + ': No videos found')
+                continue
+
+            if self._downloader.params.get('listformats', None):
+                self._print_formats([i[0] for i in turls])
+                return
+
+            # For now, just pick the highest bitrate
+            format,rtmp_video_url = turls[-1]
+
+            # Get the format arg from the arg stream
+            req_format = self._downloader.params.get('format', None)
+
+            # Select format if we can find one
+            for f,v in turls:
+                if f == req_format:
+                    format, rtmp_video_url = f, v
+                    break
+
+            m = re.match(r'^rtmpe?://.*?/(?P<finalid>gsp.comedystor/.*)$', rtmp_video_url)
+            if not m:
+                raise ExtractorError(u'Cannot transform RTMP url')
+            base = 'http://mtvnmobile.vo.llnwd.net/kip0/_pxn=1+_pxI0=Ripod-h264+_pxL0=undefined+_pxM0=+_pxK=18639+_pxE=mp4/44620/mtvnorigin/'
+            video_url = base + m.group('finalid')
+
+            effTitle = showId + u'-' + epTitle + u' part ' + compat_str(partNum+1)
+            info = {
+                'id': shortMediaId,
+                'url': video_url,
+                'uploader': showId,
+                'upload_date': officialDate,
+                'title': effTitle,
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'format': format,
+                'thumbnail': None,
+                'description': officialTitle,
+            }
+            results.append(info)
+
+        return results