ITunes says computer not authorized...but only for one TV show--everything else in iTunes library plays

I made a purchase of a TV show from iTunes on my iPad. I only have one Apple ID/iTunes account. I synced my iPad to my computer (Win 7, iTunes 10.6.1.7) and the TV show was synced from my iPad to my computer. But when I go to watch the video on my computer, I get the first message below that says I need to authorize this computer - weird because this is the only file in my iTunes library that is prompting this message - anyway, I type in my Apple ID and password and get the second message. I go to play the video and I get the first message again.
I followed the instructions from http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389, which did not solve my problem.
Any thoughts?

You seem to be mixing up two different things, authorisations and linking an iPod with a library.
1) iTunes Store authorisations
If your system crashes or you reinstall your operating system without deauthorising iTunes first, even a single computer can use up your limit of 5 authorisations. You can't deauthorise a "dead" installation on it's own. However once you reach your limit of 5 you have the option to deauthorise them all in one go from your iTunes Store account and start over again. Just note that you can only use this option once a year: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation
2) Syncing an iPod with an iTunes Library
If an iPod set to update automatically and you connect to a new computer or new library (made after you lost the original one) you'll get a message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc. If you have rebuilt your library and everything that is on the iPod is also in iTunes pressing "Erase and Sync" will reload and relink the iPod to iTunes. If the iPod has content on it that isn't in iTunes press "Cancel".

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