Can't Play Video on IPOD 60gb

downloaded an episode of Lost. Works great on itunes on the computer. Got it onto my ipod. It's there under TV Shows. But when i select it to play i get a black screen for thirty seconds and then it just reverts back to the menu option for the show. what's wrong?

i updated the ipod and itunes. still no luck with getting the episode to play on the ipod. any other advice?

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