[cbsnews] Fix extraction for python <3.6 (closes #23359)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cbsnews.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cbsnews.py
index 345debcf0c1c48363092d24fcc5809d76dfbba5a..1285ed65e5bbea10d9b57cad861767543fa8fee4 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/cbsnews.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cbsnews.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class CBSNewsEmbedIE(CBSIE):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         item = self._parse_json(zlib.decompress(compat_b64decode(
             compat_urllib_parse_unquote(self._match_id(url))),
-            -zlib.MAX_WBITS), None)['video']['items'][0]
+            -zlib.MAX_WBITS).decode('utf-8'), None)['video']['items'][0]
         return self._extract_video_info(item['mpxRefId'], 'cbsnews')