[paramountnetwork] AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split'

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

The plugin for Paramount Network stopped working about two weeks ago.

youtube-dl -v http://www.paramountnetwork.com/episodes/zvxv71/ink-master-opening-shots-season-11-ep-1
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.paramountnetwork.com/episodes/zvxv71/ink-master-opening-shots-season-11-ep-1']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.09.26
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 (CPython) - Linux-4.9.0-3-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-9.5
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.12-1, ffprobe 3.2.12-1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 3.60.105.207 (US) as X-Forwarded-For.
[ParamountNetwork] ink-master-opening-shots-season-11-ep-1: Downloading webpage
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 174, in _run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/main.py", line 19, in
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 472, in main
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 462, in _real_main
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in download
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 507, in extract
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py", line 286, in _real_extract
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py", line 212, in _get_videos_info
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py", line 38, in _id_from_uri
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split'