Can I play shows I purchased on my Apple TV on my mac?

I sometimes purchase my tv shows on my apple tv and then later want to watch them on my macbook air.  Why can't I do this? Aren't they all in the "cloud"?  If I haven't seen an episode yet and it isn't downloaded yet, why can't I see it on whatever device I want?  If this IS possible, will someone tell me how to do it?
On my laptop, the shows I've bought have a grey "download" button, but it doesn't click or do anything. I don't want to have to purchase an episode twice I've already bought because I am away from my apple TV!

Thats exactly it, i dont want to "stream" from the apple tv. I was curious if there was a feature to start playing something on the apple tv (in my bedroom) and then press a button and go into the other room and have it play on the mac on my desk without having to go and find where i was in the show film, i think it would be a good feature to be able to go back and forth and its certainly not a hardware restriciotn

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