Delete TV Shows from iTunes/Free Up Hard Drive

I've downloaded several seasons of TV shows using iTunes that has taken up a lot of hard drive space. In an attempt to free up space I deleted these from the Library in iTunes. However, they must be stored in another file somewhere on the hard drive as it is still almost full. Unfortunately, when viewing the different files on the hard drive it doesn't specify the size of each file, which would make it easier to pinpoint what is taking up so much space.
I've located the iTunes folder on the HD and have deleted the Previous iTunes Libraries. Also, the iTunes Music folder appears to only contain songs, not any TV shows.
Any suggestions on where to look to delete these permanently?

Select a file of that kind in iTunes, press command+r to reveal the location in Finder. They are probably bunched together.
When you say you deleted them from the Library do you mean just the reference in itunes or actually from a folder in Finder?
If you have itunes organize you music for you it will usually delete an item when you remove it from the library, otherwise you have to do this yourself.

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Microsoft Windows Vista
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