Can't move purchased TV shows to iPod- says software is too old

I purchased some TV shows off iTunes yesterday and it won't let me put them onto my iPod, manually or automatically. It tells me that my iPod software is too old and I should click "update" on the summary window. However, that same summary window is telling me that my iPod IS up to date already, and the update button is shaded and won't let me click it. I've looked for support articles, I've reset it, I don't know what else to do.

I had my iTunes set to manually update instead of automatically update. I decided to try changing it to set it to automatically sync. Nothing amazing happened then, but the next time that I plugged my iPod into my computer, it started syncing, then a box came up that said "a new version of iPod software 1.2.2 (or something like that)". I said YES, download and install! And VOILA! It works! Huzzah! Tell all your friends!
The bad thing of course is that by automatically updating, I lost some of my songs from my old hard drive, but it was worth it.
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