diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/americastestkitchen.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/americastestkitchen.py
index e40f17203..e66707713 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/americastestkitchen.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/americastestkitchen.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class AmericasTestKitchenIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?(?:americastestkitchen|cooks(?:country|illustrated))\.com/(?:cooks(?:country|illustrated)/)(?P<resource_type>episode|videos)/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?(?:americastestkitchen|cooks(?:country|illustrated))\.com/(?:cooks(?:country|illustrated)/)?(?P<resource_type>episode|videos)/(?P<id>\d+)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.americastestkitchen.com/episode/582-weeknight-japanese-suppers',
         'md5': 'b861c3e365ac38ad319cfd509c30577f',