diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/roosterteeth.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/roosterteeth.py
index 857434540..d3eeeba62 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/roosterteeth.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/roosterteeth.py
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..compat import (
+    compat_HTTPError,
+    compat_str,
+)
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
-    strip_or_none,
-    unescapeHTML,
+    str_or_none,
     urlencode_postdata,
 )
 
@@ -21,15 +24,14 @@ class RoosterTeethIE(InfoExtractor):
         'url': 'http://roosterteeth.com/episode/million-dollars-but-season-2-million-dollars-but-the-game-announcement',
         'md5': 'e2bd7764732d785ef797700a2489f212',
         'info_dict': {
-            'id': '26576',
+            'id': '9156',
             'display_id': 'million-dollars-but-season-2-million-dollars-but-the-game-announcement',
             'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'Million Dollars, But...: Million Dollars, But... The Game Announcement',
-            'description': 'md5:0cc3b21986d54ed815f5faeccd9a9ca5',
+            'title': 'Million Dollars, But... The Game Announcement',
+            'description': 'md5:168a54b40e228e79f4ddb141e89fe4f5',
             'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.png$',
             'series': 'Million Dollars, But...',
             'episode': 'Million Dollars, But... The Game Announcement',
-            'comment_count': int,
         },
     }, {
         'url': 'http://achievementhunter.roosterteeth.com/episode/off-topic-the-achievement-hunter-podcast-2016-i-didn-t-think-it-would-pass-31',
@@ -89,60 +91,55 @@ def _real_initialize(self):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         display_id = self._match_id(url)
+        api_episode_url = 'https://svod-be.roosterteeth.com/api/v1/episodes/%s' % display_id
 
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
-
-        episode = strip_or_none(unescapeHTML(self._search_regex(
-            (r'videoTitle\s*=\s*(["\'])(?P<title>(?:(?!\1).)+)\1',
-             r'<title>(?P<title>[^<]+)</title>'), webpage, 'title',
-            default=None, group='title')))
-
-        title = strip_or_none(self._og_search_title(
-            webpage, default=None)) or episode
-
-        m3u8_url = self._search_regex(
-            r'file\s*:\s*(["\'])(?P<url>http.+?\.m3u8.*?)\1',
-            webpage, 'm3u8 url', default=None, group='url')
-
-        if not m3u8_url:
-            if re.search(r'<div[^>]+class=["\']non-sponsor', webpage):
-                self.raise_login_required(
-                    '%s is only available for FIRST members' % display_id)
-
-            if re.search(r'<div[^>]+class=["\']golive-gate', webpage):
-                self.raise_login_required('%s is not available yet' % display_id)
-
-            raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract m3u8 URL')
+        try:
+            m3u8_url = self._download_json(
+                api_episode_url + '/videos', display_id,
+                'Downloading video JSON metadata')['data'][0]['attributes']['url']
+        except ExtractorError as e:
+            if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) and e.cause.code == 403:
+                if self._parse_json(e.cause.read().decode(), display_id).get('access') is False:
+                    self.raise_login_required(
+                        '%s is only available for FIRST members' % display_id)
+            raise
 
         formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(
-            m3u8_url, display_id, ext='mp4',
-            entry_protocol='m3u8_native', m3u8_id='hls')
+            m3u8_url, display_id, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native', m3u8_id='hls')
         self._sort_formats(formats)
 
-        description = strip_or_none(self._og_search_description(webpage))
-        thumbnail = self._proto_relative_url(self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage))
+        episode = self._download_json(
+            api_episode_url, display_id,
+            'Downloading episode JSON metadata')['data'][0]
+        attributes = episode['attributes']
+        title = attributes.get('title') or attributes['display_title']
+        video_id = compat_str(episode['id'])
 
-        series = self._search_regex(
-            (r'<h2>More ([^<]+)</h2>', r'<a[^>]+>See All ([^<]+) Videos<'),
-            webpage, 'series', fatal=False)
-
-        comment_count = int_or_none(self._search_regex(
-            r'>Comments \((\d+)\)<', webpage,
-            'comment count', fatal=False))
-
-        video_id = self._search_regex(
-            (r'containerId\s*=\s*["\']episode-(\d+)\1',
-             r'<div[^<]+id=["\']episode-(\d+)'), webpage,
-            'video id', default=display_id)
+        thumbnails = []
+        for image in episode.get('included', {}).get('images', []):
+            if image.get('type') == 'episode_image':
+                img_attributes = image.get('attributes') or {}
+                for k in ('thumb', 'small', 'medium', 'large'):
+                    img_url = img_attributes.get(k)
+                    if img_url:
+                        thumbnails.append({
+                            'id': k,
+                            'url': img_url,
+                        })
 
         return {
             'id': video_id,
             'display_id': display_id,
             'title': title,
-            'description': description,
-            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
-            'series': series,
-            'episode': episode,
-            'comment_count': comment_count,
+            'description': attributes.get('description') or attributes.get('caption'),
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+            'series': attributes.get('show_title'),
+            'season_number': int_or_none(attributes.get('season_number')),
+            'season_id': attributes.get('season_id'),
+            'episode': title,
+            'episode_number': int_or_none(attributes.get('number')),
+            'episode_id': str_or_none(episode.get('uuid')),
             'formats': formats,
+            'channel_id': attributes.get('channel_id'),
+            'duration': int_or_none(attributes.get('length')),
         }