diff --git a/sickbeard/versionChecker.py b/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
index 77f9d30430dfbeccacc995816a1b0c47c089dcce..e61f258868c26f42fd92c9f989931a0c1cf6e673 100644
--- a/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
+++ b/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
@@ -302,10 +302,6 @@ class CheckVersion(object):
         if not news:
             return ''
 
-        dates = re.finditer(r'^####\s*(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\s*####$', news, re.M)
-        if not list(dates):
-            return news or ''
-
         try:
             last_read = datetime.datetime.strptime(sickbeard.NEWS_LAST_READ, '%Y-%m-%d')
         except Exception:
@@ -313,7 +309,7 @@ class CheckVersion(object):
 
         sickbeard.NEWS_UNREAD = 0
         gotLatest = False
-        for match in dates:
+        for match in re.finditer(r'^####\s*(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\s*####', news, re.M):
             if not gotLatest:
                 gotLatest = True
                 sickbeard.NEWS_LATEST = match.group(1)