diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ellentv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ellentv.py
index 097317842..89fa9f7e4 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ellentv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ellentv.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
 import json
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class EllenTVIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?(ellentv|ellentube)\.com/videos/(?P<id>[a-z0-9_-]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?(?:ellentv|ellentube)\.com/videos/(?P<id>[a-z0-9_-]+)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'http://www.ellentv.com/videos/0-7jqrsr18/',
         'md5': 'e4af06f3bf0d5f471921a18db5764642',
@@ -23,8 +22,7 @@ class EllenTVIE(InfoExtractor):
             'timestamp': 1406876400,
             'upload_date': '20140801',
         }
-    },
-    {
+    }, {
         'url': 'http://ellentube.com/videos/0-dvzmabd5/',
         'md5': '98238118eaa2bbdf6ad7f708e3e4f4eb',
         'info_dict': {
@@ -37,16 +35,12 @@ class EllenTVIE(InfoExtractor):
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
         timestamp = parse_iso8601(self._search_regex(
             r'<span class="publish-date"><time datetime="([^"]+)">',
             webpage, 'timestamp'))
-        print "\n"
-        print timestamp
-        print "\n"
 
         return {
             'id': video_id,
@@ -69,8 +63,7 @@ class EllenTVClipsIE(InfoExtractor):
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        playlist_id = mobj.group('id')
+        playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id)
         playlist = self._extract_playlist(webpage)