diff --git a/test/test_all_urls.py b/test/test_all_urls.py
index 4de2c395e..fb39c5082 100644
--- a/test/test_all_urls.py
+++ b/test/test_all_urls.py
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ class TestAllURLsMatching(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertMatch(
             'http://thedailyshow.cc.com/video-playlists/npde3s/the-daily-show-19088-highlights',
             ['ComedyCentralShows'])
+        self.assertMatch(
+            'http://thedailyshow.cc.com/special-editions/2l8fdb/special-edition---a-look-back-at-food',
+            ['ComedyCentralShows'])
 
     def test_yahoo_https(self):
         # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/2701
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
index 0c22ff786..6e3a316c6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ComedyCentralShowsIE(InfoExtractor):
                           (?P<showname>thedailyshow|thecolbertreport)\.(?:cc\.)?com/
                          ((?:full-)?episodes/(?:[0-9a-z]{6}/)?(?P<episode>.*)|
                           (?P<clip>
-                              (?:(?:guests/[^/]+|videos|video-playlists)/[^/]+/(?P<videotitle>[^/?#]+))
+                              (?:(?:guests/[^/]+|videos|video-playlists|special-editions)/[^/]+/(?P<videotitle>[^/?#]+))
                               |(the-colbert-report-(videos|collections)/(?P<clipID>[0-9]+)/[^/]*/(?P<cntitle>.*?))
                               |(watch/(?P<date>[^/]*)/(?P<tdstitle>.*))
                           )|