Apple TV 2nd gen - all purchased movies gone, cannot reload them

I have purchased a few moveis and several TV shows. All of them appear in my iTunes library. I have my Apple TV set up to sync only those movies and TV shows I select, so generally after a week, it disappears from the Apple TV. I typically can go into the Apple TV prefs on my iMac and click on that movie, and then it will sync again.
however, recently this happened, and I went to select the movie, and it would not upload back to the Apple TV (where it was originally purchased). In additon, all ofther purchases are gone, and I cannot get them to sync with the Apple TV.
I have tried power cycle  the apple TV, the router, and unplugging all cables too.
Reently I did deauthorize something (don't remeber what). I (re)authorized the desktop (imac) but that hasn't solved the problem. Is there a separate authorization for the Apple TV? I can't find anything in the setings menu....

I assume you have the Apple TV 1.
Navigate to Settings > Computers > Your Library on the Apple TV, you may be told you will lose all synced content, but you can sync it back afterwards, you won't lose any purchased content that has yet to be transferred. Then select Settings > Computers > Connect To iTunes, note the passcode that appears on screen, click on the device in iTunes and enter the passcode when prompted.

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