Multiple Computers Multiple Users

I have played around with this for a while and I cannot seem to get it right.
I have an Imac, Macbook and two TV's with multiple users. I have a 1tb external drive connected to the Imac and would like all accounts to use this as there library source. I would like it If changes are made with any account the change is global. I have deleted say a podcast on one account and it never seems to go away on the other accounts. I have gone and deleted this podcast from all accounts and the external drive but they are still on my TV's but when I try to play it I get an error (Because it has been deleted). I cannot seem to get them off the TVs no matter what I do.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks for clearing that up for me I well checkout the sync-O-tunes program you had mentioned.
Also I got the podcast to go away.
I searched around and found several people had this same issue when they moved there library to an external drive. I had to delete my .ITL (Itunes library file) and the .xml file and then re-add the library to do it though. By doing this i lost all my ratings, play counts ect. but only the Podcast that i have subscribed to are on my TV.

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So you have a desktop Mac and a laptop Mac, right? Two user accounts (and a third admin account) on each computer, right?
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Sharing Music and Photos between multiple user accounts on the same computer:
See if http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=194992 and http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=510993 provide any useful information to assist you in this endeavor.
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You mean in the case where the printers are TCP/IP connected and not local USB / LPT to the users workstation? That makes sense. Wonder if this will work for USB connected printers... –  James
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@JamesNewton You'd share the local printer on the client's PC then on the server connect via TCP/IP to it. You'd need static addresses or use DNS names if DHCP, though. –  Nathan
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