Can I buy TV episodes on just the Apple TV?

I am sure this has come up at least a million times before but this is new territory for me. We usually use the Apple TV to rent movies. We do not stream or sync anything. Now my wife wants to purchase some TV series. Can I purchase them on the Apple TV only and never have them go back to iTunes? I want to just leave the purchased TV series on the Apple TV and will only be watching from there.
Thanks, Steve H

You need to set up a sync connection between iTunes and the AppleTV, under Settings>Computers (top entry syncs/streams, lower ones stream only).
Streaming only libraries will not transfer purchases from AppleTV.
You would also need to ensure the AppleTv and iTunes are set up with the same iTunes store credentials to avoid problems. If needed you could set up a new user on your computer and dedicate iTunes running under that user to AppleTV duties.
While you could just purchase and use TV shows on AppleTV, if the AppleTv failed you'd lose those shows, would have no backup or way to redownload them without requesting it from iTunes Store, and there's no guarantee they'll allow it or the things will still be available.
Also for the sync iTunes library, I'd suggest you custom configure syncing to avoid things deleting on AppleTv once you've watched them, at the next sync of new purchases.

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