The Late Show with Stephen Colbert June 20, 2017: None of the available releases match the specified AssetType and/or Format preferences

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$ youtube-dl -v http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/video/Ve1PQPLiu8GD5Uj1YP4Sv34W2K0NDBWM/the-late-show-6-20-2017-ice-cube-marc-maron-jason-isbell-and-the-400-unit-/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/video/Ve1PQPLiu8GD5Uj1YP4Sv34W2K0NDBWM/the-late-show-6-20-2017-ice-cube-marc-maron-jason-isbell-and-the-400-unit-/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.06.25
[debug] Python version 3.6.1 - Darwin-16.6.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.2, ffprobe 3.3.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[CBS] Ve1PQPLiu8GD5Uj1YP4Sv34W2K0NDBWM: Downloading XML
[CBS] Ve1PQPLiu8GD5Uj1YP4Sv34W2K0NDBWM: Downloading OnceURL SMIL data
ERROR: None of the available releases match the specified AssetType and/or Format preferences
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 762, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 433, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/cbs.py", line 100, in _real_extract
    return self._extract_video_info(content_id)
  File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/cbs.py", line 79, in _extract_video_info
    'Downloading %s SMIL data' % asset_type)
  File "/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py", line 42, in _extract_theplatform_smil
    raise ExtractorError(error_element.attrib['abstract'], expected=True)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: None of the available releases match the specified AssetType and/or Format preferences

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

The June 20, 2017 episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert does not download. Previous and subsequent episodes work fine.

[japanesephundroid]

Confirmed. Same thing here, the video plays without problems in browser.

[kucksdorfs]

This has happened again with the URL: http://www.cbs.com/shows/bull/video/sb4atUdwyQ_C3TTD8YLxun21_NLlnWvr/bull-witness-for-the-prosecution/