diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
index 38577243c..0c99887a2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ComedyCentralShowsIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)^(:(?P<shortname>tds|thedailyshow|cr|colbert|colbertnation|colbertreport)
                       |https?://(:www\.)?
                           (?P<showname>thedailyshow|thecolbertreport)\.(?:cc\.)?com/
-                         (full-episodes/(?P<episode>.*)|
+                         (full-episodes/(?:[0-9a-z]{6}/)?(?P<episode>.*)|
                           (?P<clip>
                               (?:(?:guests/[^/]+|videos)/[^/]+/(?P<videotitle>[^/?#]+))
                               |(the-colbert-report-(videos|collections)/(?P<clipID>[0-9]+)/[^/]*/(?P<cntitle>.*?))