diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py
index 0bca3152b6..66b3dda47a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def _extract_webpage(self, url):
                 return media_id, presumptive_id, upload_date
 
             url = self._search_regex(
-                r'(?s)<iframe[^>]+?(?:[a-z-]+?=["\'].+?["\'][^>]+?)*?\bsrc=["\']([^\'"]+partnerplayer[^\'"]+)["\']',
+                r'(?s)<iframe[^>]+?(?:[a-z-]+?=["\'].*?["\'][^>]+?)*?\bsrc=["\']([^\'"]+partnerplayer[^\'"]+)["\']',
                 webpage, 'player URL')
             mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)