diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py
index 6c848dc6f..e595c4a69 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ class TF1IE(InfoExtractor):
         video_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
         wat_id = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'(["\'])(?:https?:)?//www\.wat\.tv/embedframe/.*?(?P<id>\d{8}).*?\1',
+            r'(["\'])(?:https?:)?//www\.wat\.tv/embedframe/.*?(?P<id>\d{8})\1',
             webpage, 'wat id', group='id')
         return self.url_result('wat:%s' % wat_id, 'Wat')