My tv show i bought will not play

i bought it a while ago and used to be able to watch it fine and i went to watch it today and now i can not watch it it says the play button is pushed but the screen is just black

To prevent HD versions from being downloaded in the future head to the iTunes Store, click the Purchased link, and then select TV Shows and remove the tick mark next to Download HD when available. You should be able to download the SD version now from under this same page.
B-rock

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I would recommend for these symptoms that you delete the song and re download it using this article:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
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Are you running the latest version of iTunes (7.1.1)? If not, upgrade and see if that fixes the problem. If it doesn't, or you already have 7.1.1 and other tracks purchased from the same iTunes Store account play correctly, then you probably have a corrupt or incomplete download. Contact the iTunes Store customer support department through the form at the bottom of their web page and explain the problem to them.
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hello,
did you try to authorize you Macbook with your itunes login and password ??
this must be done manually and is not transferred automatically with other datas as you can authorize up to 5 computers !
if you didn't already do this, give it a try !

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Hi there Graham!
I have a couple of articles that can help you troubleshoot this issue. First, if you are downloading HD content, you will need to know the system requirements for HD playback, which can be found here:
iTunes: Purchasing and viewing HD videos
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3209
Next, you will want to check your video playback settings on your Windows machine. The steps for that can be found right here:
Troubleshooting iTunes for Windows Vista or Windows 7 video playback performance issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1718
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