Changing Movies to TV Shows.

I have a couple of DVDs of Sienfeld that I've ripped for my ipod. They work just fine if i have them set as Movies, but when I change them to TV Show tags, they don't show up under TV shows. I also have the Office which I bought from Itunes which works fine. Sienfeld just doesn't show up. I noticed that when you go the the movies folder in itunes and arrange them as a list, the Office has the name "the office" under a space where artist would normally be. Seinfeld says nothing and I can't figure out how th enter anything in that slot. If any one knows how to fix this, I'd greatly appreciate it.

This should help explain:
Videos labeled TV Shows in iTunes don't appear on iPod:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303164

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However, right clicking > get info > etc, can only be done one by one, something that i would not be very keen for.
I've searched around, and i've found a script or too for this function, but it only applies to macs.
Does anyone here know a workaround for this?
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When you first start up a Mac and create the first user account, OSX assigns it UID (User ID) #501. The next one gets #502, etc. Those UIDs (not the user name) are what control permission to files.
You can see those numbers via System Prefs > Users & Groups; click the padlock and enter your Admin password, then select an account and right-click it, and select Advanced Options. Do not change anything on that window.
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When the Apple Store started up your new Mac, and created their account, it became #501.
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