diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/globo.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/globo.py
index 4910c0740..78c259cc4 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/globo.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/globo.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class GloboIE(InfoExtractor):
             **traverse_obj(info, {
                 'title': ('headline', {str}),
                 'duration': ('duration', {float_or_none(scale=1000)}),
-                'uploader': ('title', 'headline', {str_or_none}),
+                'uploader': ('title', 'headline', {str}),
                 'uploader_id': ('title', 'originProgramId', {str_or_none}),
             }),
             'formats': formats,