All iTunes Playlists Have Disappeared - Can't Even Create New Ones...

So there you have it – my entire playlist pane has gone blank. I can't even create any new playlists (smart or ordinary). Absolutely nothing happens. Because of past problems with iTunes, and Time Machine being utterly useless, I started making backups of my iTunes library folder using Carbon Copy Cloner. However, if I restart iTunes and choose one of the backed-up iTunes libraries, absolutely nothing happens. I'm still presented with a blank playlist pane and no way to create any new playlists. Worse still, if I choose a backup from previous iTunes libraries folder, then I even lose the podcasts from my library. I'm coming to the end of my tether with iTunes now… Problems like this are happening all too frequently. Does anyone have any suggestions of how I can extricate myself from this mess?
iTunes 11.0.2
TIA,

Try a reset:
Hold the Sleep and Home button down for about 10 second until you see the Apple logo.

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