ITunes TV Shows not widescreen

Hi,
I recently bought my first ever TV show on iTunes (an episode of House series 4). I successfully sync-ed it to my AppleTV and played it but I'm a bit disappointed as it is showing in 4:3 ratio on my widescreen TV leaving thick black bars either side of the program.
Is this something I've done or are all iTunes TV shows in this aspect ratio? If so, I can't imagine why: If I watch the TV transmission it is in widescreen and when I watch the previous seasons on DVD they are also in widescreen.
If this is normal then I'll just wait until the DVD boxed set comes out and at least I only bought one episode to test the quality of the files (I'm actually very impressed by the playback)!
Any input much appreciated.
Message was edited by: moseleyite

Sorry to bump this back to the top but I've taken a look at the newly added series 1-3 of House and they are widescreen!
Any clues as to why only one series is not widescreen? Is it perhaps because it's the only one not out yet on DVD? Asking Apple is has proved pretty fruitless so far...

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