Black screen in tv and movies

I have a bunch of TV shows and more than a few movies and a bunch of music. iTunes plays the music without any problems. It will not play any of the TV shows or movies. When I click on the icon, all I get is a black screen. I'm running the latest version of iTunes (12). iTunes is installed on a WIN 7/64.
Any ideas?

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