Some iTunes TV shows not playing on Apple TV (1st Gen)

I purchased several seasons of a show a couple of years ago. I used to have no problem syncing or streaming all of the seasons onto ATV. Recently, I can only stream or sync some of the shows. I can transfer the content that won't play on ATV to my iPhone or iPad with no problem. I use Custom Sync and when I click sync, the sync icon starts but then immediately stops. ATV also won't "see" those shows when attempting to stream. I have tried resetting ATV to factory and then installing all updates; nothing works. Help.

There are a couple of posibilities.
Make sure the tick box next to the individual episodes are checked in the TV Show section (not the AppleTV device section).
Your itunes database may be corrupted and tripping over in some way. Unlikely if you can transfer to iPhone.
Could you have deleted/moved the files using Finder and itunes still thinks they're there but can't find them? Unlikely if you can transfer to iPhone.
iTunes may for some reason be thinking these files are not compatible with AppleTV 1 - possible if there's been some change to the way iTunes assesses suitability for AppleTV.
iTunes is failing to sync with AppleTV due to a network issue.
Personally, I would try both the following:
1 - Ensure you have a backup of the TV Shows outside of iTunes. Delete the TV Shows from iTunes. Re-add them from the backup. Try again.
2 - Create a new test user account, configure AppleTV for sharing/streaming only under AppleTV's Computers menu for this iTunes. Add the problem files to the new user iTunes account, do they work from there?
AC

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