AppleTV 2.0: Won't Play TV Shows

I downloaded and installed the 2.0 update. When I choose a TV show from my existing library it won't play it and returns an error message that it is in an incorrect format. All of my TV shows were purchased from the iTunes Store, so how can it be an incorrect format?
Not impressed with the update. I hate that it groups all media together regardless of whether it is located on the AppleTV hard drive, my MacBook hard drive or my external drive.

mine are playing OK.
but the listing is all screwed!!!
it's listing all the episodes for every show in one huge list.. and it showing the actual show name instead of the episode name.

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