Error NBC Unable to extract SAML Login URL

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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl -v --ap-mso 'Verizon' --ap-username '***********' --ap-password '**********' https://www.nbc.com/superstore/video/back-to-school/3802458
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['--prefer-ffmpeg', '-f', 'best[height=720]', '-o', '%(series)s - s%(season_number)02de%(episode_number)02d - %(title)s.%(ext)s', '--audio-format', 'best']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--ap-mso', 'Verizon', '--ap-username', 'PRIVATE', '--ap-password', 'PRIVATE', 'https://www.nbc.com/superstore/video/back-to-school/3802458']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.03.18
[debug] Python version 3.7.2 (CPython) - Darwin-18.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.1, ffprobe 4.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[NBC] 3802458: Downloading JSON metadata
[NBC] 3802458: Downloading Provider Redirect Page
[NBC] 3802458: Downloading SAML Login Page
ERROR: Unable to extract SAML Login URL; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 794, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/nbc.py", line 106, in _real_extract
    url, video_id, 'nbcentertainment', resource)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/adobepass.py", line 1482, in _extract_mvpd_auth
    saml_login_page, 'SAML Login URL', group='url')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1004, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract SAML Login URL; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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I am using youtube-dl for tv shows on NBC's website. I am using Verizon credentials and had been doing this for a while with the verizon mso settings with no issue. I recently reimaged my macbook and installed everything fresh. youtube-dl had been working from nbc's website getting past seasons of "Superstore" episodes with no issue. https://www.nbc.com/superstore/video/baby-shower/3806777 Now I am getting the above stated issue. I am not sure if I somehow am having issues based on python version? Or if I have certain files in the wrong place and they are not being called by youtube-dl anymore? If there is any advice or help anyone can provide please let me know. I tried to follow info from here: #14363 as issue seemed similar. I keep coming up with errors, and will not work.