diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cartoonnetwork.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cartoonnetwork.py
index 1cfe95184..e4e16b3cb 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/cartoonnetwork.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cartoonnetwork.py
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ class CartoonNetworkIE(TurnerBaseIE):
         title = self._html_search_regex(r'[^>]+.episodeTitle = "(.+?)"', webpage, 'title')
         auth = self._html_search_regex(r'[^>]+currentVideo.authType = "(.+?)"', webpage, 'authType')
         if "auth" in auth:
-            auth_required = ''
+            auth_required = 'true'
         if "unauth" in auth:
-            auth_required = 'true' #Auth needs to be first due to Auth being in unauth. :/
+            auth_required = '' #Auth needs to be first due to Auth being in unauth. :/
         #print(auth_required)
         videoType = self._html_search_regex(r'[^>]+.videoType = "(.+?)"', webpage, 'videoType')
         if 'short' in videoType: