IPod won't show TV Shows

Hey all-
Anyone possibly know why my iPod has no option for "TV Shows" in the Videos menu? Any video labelled as a TV Show does not, therefore, display on my iPod...I could always just label all my TV Shows as movies, but I think that would annoy the heck outta me. I tried restoring it, which did nothing. Hmm.
I did install the updater, which I hear has caused some problems for some people. I don't remember whether or not the TV Show option was available before the update (it was my dad's, and he never used it for video, so he doesn't know either).
Well, thanks for reading, and thanks in advance for any insights =)
Hopefully this is just a really stupid, simple question with a very simple answer, because it does seem like so trivial an issue...
J
And here's to making a long post about a small issue even longer! Cheers!

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
It is a glitch in the software that should be corrected with a new update.
Here is apple's information on the problem...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303164
btabz

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