diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 797c35fd5..526d3483e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -1319,6 +1319,11 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                     part_of_series = e.get('partOfSeries') or e.get('partOfTVSeries')
                     if isinstance(part_of_series, dict) and part_of_series.get('@type') in ('TVSeries', 'Series', 'CreativeWorkSeries'):
                         info['series'] = unescapeHTML(part_of_series.get('name'))
+                elif item_type in ('TVSeries', 'Series', 'CreativeWorkSeries'):
+                    series_name = unescapeHTML(e.get('name'))
+                    info.update({
+                        'series': series_name,
+                    })
                 elif item_type == 'Movie':
                     info.update({
                         'title': unescapeHTML(e.get('name')),