Abc.go.com show General Hospital download error

[sftman18]

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/opt/youtube-dl/youtube-dl --verbose http://abc.go.com/shows/general-hospital/episode-guide/2018-06/28-thursday-june-28-2018
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'http://abc.go.com/shows/general-hospital/episode-guide/2018-06/28-thursday-june-28-2018']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.07.04
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 (CPython) - Linux-4.15.0-24-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, ffprobe 2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Go] 28-thursday-june-28-2018: Downloading webpage
[Go] VDKA4609423: Downloading JSON metadata
[debug] Using fake IP 3.105.218.97 (US) as X-Forwarded-For.
[Go] VDKA4609423: Downloading JSON metadata
[Go] VDKA4609423: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request
ERROR: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/opt/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 501, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/opt/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/go.py", line 162, in _real_extract
    self._sort_formats(formats)
  File "/opt/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1281, in _sort_formats
    raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
ExtractorError: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
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### Description of your *issue*, suggested solution and other information

I have been successfully downloading General Hospital episodes from abc.go.com (for months); until Friday night (7/6/18), when they started to error out.  I updated to the latest version, but I get the same error.  Note the URLs for abc shows expire regularly.  The 28th and 29th URLs are free (no sign-in required).  The one for the 2nd will be free tomorrow.  Here are a couple of other URLs to test:
http://abc.go.com/shows/general-hospital/episode-guide/2018-06/29-friday-june-29-2018
http://abc.go.com/shows/general-hospital/episode-guide/2018-07/02-monday-july-2-2018

[sftman18]

I have figured out a workaround. This command line seems to be working:
/opt/youtube-dl/youtube-dl --prefer-insecure http://abc.go.com/shows/general-hospital/episode-guide/2018-06/29-friday-june-29-2018