ITunes TV Shows playback issues

Hello, all.
Love the idea of iTunes Store offering TV! My first downloads were excellent, however, lately, my downloads' playback on recent purchases is horrible, with jerks and pauses in the video and/or video out of sync with audio. Only happens when I am watching "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scrubs"; other shows play without glitches. I opened the same files with Quicktime, same jerks and pauses. Is there a fix I can do on my end, or are the files messed up somehow? Also, can I get a refund on all these shows that I cannot watch?

iHav been getting that issue to! iBought a whole season of a show and it would pause in the middle and it would not finish wtching it!

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