diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tvplayer.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tvplayer.py
index ebde6053f1..8f8686a654 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tvplayer.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tvplayer.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             'https://tvplayer.com/watch/context', display_id,
             'Downloading JSON context', query={
                 'resource': resource_id,
-                'nonce': token,
+                'gen': token,
             })
 
         validate = context['validate']