Front Row No updating Itunes

I have a strange problem in Front Row and ITunes. When I watch a new video in from my library in Front Row the little blue ball showing a new items goes away but when I open ITunes it’s still there. If I go back in to Front Row it’s gone.
I have had a look around and I can’t find anything about this. Can anyone help?
ITunes 8.1 and Front Row 2.1.7

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "rebuilt the iTunes library"? I have the same problem with Front Row and iTunes not being in sync when tracking which shows I've watched, and it's really annoying. They only seem to stay in sync if iTunes is already running when I launch Front Row, which is often not that case.
Thanks!

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