Front Row doesn't show video podcasts

Here's the problem for some reason Front Row does not see the Video Podcasts that are on my MBP anymore. Although it did before. Now when I go into Video Podcasts I get an error telling that I don't have any video podcasts in my iTunes library even though I do. It can be seen in iTunes, and I can listen to it in Front Row if I go into music section, but for some reason it is not recognized anymore in as a Video Podcast in Front Row.
Anyone knows how to fix this, or having problems with this?

I have the same problem. I think it may have something to do with the size of the video podcast. Have you tried downloading any podcasts for Apple TV and seeing if they work?

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