Automatically Includes # of episodes defaults for Sync TV Shows ...

In iTunes Sync TV Shows tab, there is a feature for automatically include # of episodes to sync.
The default setting are
all
all unwatched
the newest
the 3 newest
the 5 newest
the 10 newest
the newest unwatched
the 3 newest unwatched
the 5 newest unwatched
the 10 newest unwatched
the oldest unwatched
the 3 oldest unwatched
the 5 oldest unwatched
the 10 oldest unwatched
My question is ... can we change the default # of episodes anywhere within iTunes? 1, 3, 5, 10, all options are not enough.
I have TV shows that over 100 episodes but I try to load only about 40 (most current) onto my devices (iPod Touch, iPhone and/or iPad)
I know I can manually select each episodes to load, but I really don't want to update the sync file list each time when I add a new episodes to the show.
I did try to use Playlist function, but the criteria is very user friendly for TV shows and it does not really work for me.
Does anyone know how and what can I do to fulfill my issue?
Please comment.  THANKS A LOT.

For those passing through, I have found the solution. After checking through various other discussions I have discovered that the video app on the iPad is much, much more picky that iTunes or the video app from the iPhone.
First you need to make sure that everything on the info tap (from iTunes get info) for each episode within a series is exactly the same. Only the name of the episode can be different. Make sure that the Artist, Album Artist, and Album are the same. For the album, use a unique title that is different than that used by other seasons of a show (try using whatever, season 1, etc). Don't forget the genre and compilation entries. You can set these changing these as a group by selecting all of the episodes and change then together. Be sure to check the boxes beside each entry to insure that the entry is applied to all of the group.
Second, on the video tab, make sure that every episode has something unique in the Episode ID. I repeated the episode number here. You can't do this as a group, you have to change each one individually. Use the next button to step through each one.
Don't know if the sorting tab is required to be uniform, but I fixed these also. Finally, there is a bug when changing groups of videos. When changing multiple episodes at once, the Media Kind from the Options tab resets to Music. Don't forget to correct this before you hit OK.
This should fix the TV shows both in your synced shows and when you use the home sharing feature. Good Luck, Charlie

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