diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/go90.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/go90.py
index 5ee048564..24048a764 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/go90.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/go90.py
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ class Go90IE(InfoExtractor):
 
         video_title = series_title
         if episode_match is not None:
-            video_title = '{} S{:02d}E{:02d} {}'.format(
+            video_title = '%s S%02dE%02d %s' % (
                 series_title, int_or_none(season_number),
                 int_or_none(episode_number), episode_title)
         elif episode_info:
-            video_title = '{} -- {}'.format(series_title, episode_info)
+            video_title = '%s -- %s' % (series_title, episode_info)
         self.to_screen("Title: " + video_title)
 
         video_description = self._og_search_description(webpage)