I cannot load videos purchased from iTunes onto my iPhone 4. Says video format is not supported.

I have most recent version OSX, iTunes and my iPhone 4 is up-to-date on software as well.
I just purchased, for my son, The Adventures of Chuck and Friends from the iTunes store. Downloaded the first season and it plays fine on computer. However I get a message that it was not copied onto the iPhone 4 because the video format is not supported by the iPhone. I have updated the software on the iPhone 4 and still get this message. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

is this something new then? 
From the apple site:
Listen to audiobooks
You can listen to audiobooks purchased from the iTunes Store or the Audible website.
Audiobooks purchased from the iTunes Store can be played on up to five computers at a time. The computers must be authorized to play purchases from the iTunes Store. (You can’t play these files on a sixth computer until you deauthorize one of the already authorized computers.)
Audiobooks purchased from the Audible website can be downloaded to up to three computers at a time. The computers must be authorized to play purchases from Audible.
which is confusing because I am still having this problem, I can't find it on my laptop...

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