diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/dropout.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/dropout.py
index 80ae6c126..b413da334 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/dropout.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/dropout.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 class DropoutIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _LOGIN_URL = 'https://www.dropout.tv/login'
+    _HOST = 'https://www.dropout.tv'
     _NETRC_MACHINE = 'dropout'
 
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?dropout\.tv/(?:[^/]+/)*videos/(?P<id>[^/]+)/?$'
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class DropoutIE(InfoExtractor):
         {
             'url': 'https://www.dropout.tv/game-changer/season:2/videos/yes-or-no',
             'note': 'Episode in a series',
-            'md5': '5e000fdfd8d8fa46ff40456f1c2af04a',
+            'md5': 'fc55805bac60b1ce2ffdc35fb9c51195',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '738153',
                 'display_id': 'yes-or-no',
@@ -48,22 +48,22 @@ class DropoutIE(InfoExtractor):
             'expected_warnings': ['Ignoring subtitle tracks found in the HLS manifest']
         },
         {
-            'url': 'https://www.dropout.tv/dimension-20-fantasy-high/season:1/videos/episode-1',
+            'url': 'https://www.dropout.tv/ch-shorts/season:1/videos/post-apocalyptic-dane-cook',
             'note': 'Episode in a series (missing release_date)',
-            'md5': '712caf7c191f1c47c8f1879520c2fa5c',
+            'md5': 'f260b8d7d0fdbaceae713c9196dac07f',
             'info_dict': {
-                'id': '320562',
-                'display_id': 'episode-1',
+                'id': '449042',
+                'display_id': 'post-apocalyptic-dane-cook',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
-                'title': 'The Beginning Begins',
-                'description': 'The cast introduces their PCs, including a neurotic elf, a goblin PI, and a corn-worshipping cleric.',
-                'thumbnail': 'https://vhx.imgix.net/chuncensoredstaging/assets/4421ed0d-f630-4c88-9004-5251b2b8adfa.jpg',
-                'series': 'Dimension 20: Fantasy High',
+                'title': 'Post-Apocalyptic Dane Cook',
+                'description': 'Dane Cook is back with his all new special. Don\'t worry, it\'s not the end of the world.',
+                'thumbnail': 'https://vhx.imgix.net/chuncensoredstaging/assets/5b0678df-d9c3-4864-b811-24db03072f4a.jpg',
+                'series': 'CH Shorts',
                 'season_number': 1,
                 'season': 'Season 1',
                 'episode_number': 1,
-                'episode': 'The Beginning Begins',
-                'duration': 6838,
+                'episode': 'Post-Apocalyptic Dane Cook',
+                'duration': 135,
                 'uploader_id': 'user80538407',
                 'uploader_url': 'https://vimeo.com/user80538407',
                 'uploader': 'OTT Videos'
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class DropoutIE(InfoExtractor):
         {
             'url': 'https://www.dropout.tv/videos/misfits-magic-holiday-special',
             'note': 'Episode not in a series',
-            'md5': 'c30fa18999c5880d156339f13c953a26',
+            'md5': '147e0607bd877a791665c0b7219b512c',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '1915774',
                 'display_id': 'misfits-magic-holiday-special',
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class DropoutIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _get_authenticity_token(self, display_id):
         signin_page = self._download_webpage(
-            self._LOGIN_URL, display_id, note='Getting authenticity token')
+            f'{self._HOST}/login', display_id, note='Getting authenticity token')
         return self._html_search_regex(
             r'name=["\']authenticity_token["\'] value=["\'](.+?)["\']',
             signin_page, 'authenticity_token')
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def _login(self, display_id):
             return True
 
         response = self._download_webpage(
-            self._LOGIN_URL, display_id, note='Logging in', fatal=False,
+            f'{self._HOST}/login', display_id, note='Logging in', fatal=False,
             data=urlencode_postdata({
                 'email': username,
                 'password': password,
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         display_id = self._match_id(url)
 
         webpage = None
-        if self._get_cookies('https://www.dropout.tv').get('_session'):
+        if self._get_cookies(self._HOST).get('_session'):
             webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
         if not webpage or '<div id="watch-unauthorized"' in webpage:
             login_err = self._login(display_id)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         return {
             '_type': 'url_transparent',
             'ie_key': VHXEmbedIE.ie_key(),
-            'url': VHXEmbedIE._smuggle_referrer(embed_url, 'https://www.dropout.tv'),
+            'url': VHXEmbedIE._smuggle_referrer(embed_url, self._HOST),
             'id': self._search_regex(r'embed\.vhx\.tv/videos/(.+?)\?', embed_url, 'id'),
             'display_id': display_id,
             'title': title,
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
 class DropoutSeasonIE(InfoExtractor):
     _PAGE_SIZE = 24
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?dropout\.tv/(?P<id>[^\/$&?#]+)(?:/?$|/season:(?P<season>[0-9]+)/?$)'
+    _VIDEO_IE = DropoutIE
     _TESTS = [
         {
             'url': 'https://www.dropout.tv/dimension-20-fantasy-high/season:1',
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ def _fetch_page(self, url, season_id, page):
         page += 1
         webpage = self._download_webpage(
             f'{url}?page={page}', season_id, note=f'Downloading page {page}', expected_status={400})
-        yield from [self.url_result(item_url, DropoutIE) for item_url in traverse_obj(
+        yield from [self.url_result(item_url, self._VIDEO_IE) for item_url in traverse_obj(
             get_elements_html_by_class('browse-item-link', webpage), (..., {extract_attributes}, 'href'))]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/watchertv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/watchertv.py
index 4d28576e5..9079e8e48 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/watchertv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/watchertv.py
@@ -1,24 +1,8 @@
-import functools
-
-from .common import InfoExtractor
-from .vimeo import VHXEmbedIE
-from ..utils import (
-    ExtractorError,
-    OnDemandPagedList,
-    clean_html,
-    extract_attributes,
-    get_element_by_class,
-    get_element_by_id,
-    get_elements_html_by_class,
-    int_or_none,
-    traverse_obj,
-    unified_strdate,
-    urlencode_postdata,
-)
+from .dropout import DropoutIE, DropoutSeasonIE
 
 
-class WatcherTVIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _LOGIN_URL = 'https://www.watchertv.com/login'
+class WatcherTVIE(DropoutIE):
+    _HOST = 'https://www.watchertv.com'
     _NETRC_MACHINE = 'watchertv'
 
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?watchertv\.com/(?:[^/]+/)*videos/(?P<id>[^/]+)/?$'
@@ -91,83 +75,11 @@ class WatcherTVIE(InfoExtractor):
         }
     ]
 
-    def _get_authenticity_token(self, display_id):
-        signin_page = self._download_webpage(
-            self._LOGIN_URL, display_id, note='Getting authenticity token')
-        return self._html_search_regex(
-            r'name=["\']authenticity_token["\'] value=["\'](.+?)["\']',
-            signin_page, 'authenticity_token')
 
-    def _login(self, display_id):
-        username, password = self._get_login_info()
-        if not username:
-            return True
-
-        response = self._download_webpage(
-            self._LOGIN_URL, display_id, note='Logging in', fatal=False,
-            data=urlencode_postdata({
-                'email': username,
-                'password': password,
-                'authenticity_token': self._get_authenticity_token(display_id),
-                'utf8': True
-            }))
-
-        user_has_subscription = self._search_regex(
-            r'user_has_subscription:\s*["\'](.+?)["\']', response, 'subscription status', default='none')
-        if user_has_subscription.lower() == 'true':
-            return
-        elif user_has_subscription.lower() == 'false':
-            return 'Account is not subscribed'
-        else:
-            return 'Incorrect username/password'
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        display_id = self._match_id(url)
-
-        webpage = None
-        if self._get_cookies('https://www.watchertv.com').get('_session'):
-            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
-        if not webpage or '<div id="watch-unauthorized"' in webpage:
-            login_err = self._login(display_id)
-            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
-            if login_err and '<div id="watch-unauthorized"' in webpage:
-                if login_err is True:
-                    self.raise_login_required(method='any')
-                raise ExtractorError(login_err, expected=True)
-
-        embed_url = self._search_regex(r'embed_url:\s*["\'](.+?)["\']', webpage, 'embed url')
-        thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
-        watch_info = get_element_by_id('watch-info', webpage) or ''
-
-        title = clean_html(get_element_by_class('video-title', watch_info))
-        season_episode = get_element_by_class(
-            'site-font-secondary-color', get_element_by_class('text', watch_info))
-        episode_number = int_or_none(self._search_regex(
-            r'Episode (\d+)', season_episode or '', 'episode', default=None))
-
-        return {
-            '_type': 'url_transparent',
-            'ie_key': VHXEmbedIE.ie_key(),
-            'url': VHXEmbedIE._smuggle_referrer(embed_url, 'https://www.watchertv.com'),
-            'id': self._search_regex(r'embed\.vhx\.tv/videos/(.+?)\?', embed_url, 'id'),
-            'display_id': display_id,
-            'title': title,
-            'description': self._html_search_meta('description', webpage, fatal=False),
-            'thumbnail': thumbnail.split('?')[0] if thumbnail else None,  # Ignore crop/downscale
-            'series': clean_html(get_element_by_class('series-title', watch_info)),
-            'episode_number': episode_number,
-            'episode': title if episode_number else None,
-            'season_number': int_or_none(self._search_regex(
-                r'Season (\d+),', season_episode or '', 'season', default=None)),
-            'release_date': unified_strdate(self._search_regex(
-                r'data-meta-field-name=["\']release_dates["\'] data-meta-field-value=["\'](.+?)["\']',
-                watch_info, 'release date', default=None)),
-        }
-
-
-class WatcherTVSeasonIE(InfoExtractor):
+class WatcherTVSeasonIE(DropoutSeasonIE):
     _PAGE_SIZE = 24
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?watchertv\.com/(?P<id>[^\/$&?#]+)(?:/?$|/season:(?P<season>[0-9]+)/?$)'
+    _VIDEO_IE = WatcherTVIE
     _TESTS = [
         {
             'url': 'https://www.watchertv.com/ghost-files/season:1',
@@ -197,19 +109,3 @@ class WatcherTVSeasonIE(InfoExtractor):
             }
         }
     ]
-
-    def _fetch_page(self, url, season_id, page):
-        page += 1
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(
-            f'{url}?page={page}', season_id, note=f'Downloading page {page}', expected_status={400})
-        yield from [self.url_result(item_url, WatcherTVIE) for item_url in traverse_obj(
-            get_elements_html_by_class('browse-item-link', webpage), (..., {extract_attributes}, 'href'))]
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        season_id = self._match_id(url)
-        season_num = self._match_valid_url(url).group('season') or 1
-        season_title = season_id.replace('-', ' ').title()
-
-        return self.playlist_result(
-            OnDemandPagedList(functools.partial(self._fetch_page, url, season_id), self._PAGE_SIZE),
-            f'{season_id}-season-{season_num}', f'{season_title} - Season {season_num}')