diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py
index 80340f595..0abcd9839 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/pbs.py
@@ -666,25 +666,18 @@ class PBSIE(InfoExtractor):
         age_limit = US_RATINGS.get(rating_str)
 
         subtitles = {}
-        closed_captions_url = info.get('closed_captions_url')
-        if closed_captions_url:
-            subtitles['en'] = [{
-                'ext': 'ttml',
-                'url': closed_captions_url,
-            }]
-            mobj = re.search(r'/(\d+)_Encoded\.dfxp', closed_captions_url)
-            if mobj:
-                ttml_caption_suffix, ttml_caption_id = mobj.group(0, 1)
-                ttml_caption_id = int(ttml_caption_id)
-                subtitles['en'].extend([{
-                    'url': closed_captions_url.replace(
-                        ttml_caption_suffix, '/%d_Encoded.srt' % (ttml_caption_id + 1)),
-                    'ext': 'srt',
-                }, {
-                    'url': closed_captions_url.replace(
-                        ttml_caption_suffix, '/%d_Encoded.vtt' % (ttml_caption_id + 2)),
-                    'ext': 'vtt',
-                }])
+
+        closed_captions_urls = info.get('cc')
+        if closed_captions_urls:
+            for (subtitle_format_name, subtitle_url) in closed_captions_urls.items():
+                # There seems to be issues when embedding converted .sami subtitles. Not sure why.
+                if subtitle_format_name == 'Caption-SAMI':
+                    continue
+
+                subtitles.setdefault('en', []).append({
+                    'ext': determine_ext(subtitle_url),
+                    'url': subtitle_url,
+                })
 
         # info['title'] is often incomplete (e.g. 'Full Episode', 'Episode 5', etc)
         # Try turning it to 'program - title' naming scheme if possible