TV series on iPod no longer has episodes in order

Hi,
After updating iTunes to 7.1, a tv series on my ipod has been rearranged alphabetically. Prior my update to 7.1, all the tv episodes were arranged according to their season number. Needless to say its a pain to deal with. I even tried numbering the episodes in their names and that failed to rearrange them correctly.
If anyone knows how to correct this so the episodes appear in order or season numbers, it would be greatly appreciated.

I've noticed the same problem on my iPod. The TV series I bought from Apple is arranged correctly. The TV series I ripped from my DVD collection is not. Before I updated to the latest version yesterday, they were both fine.
I checked the info panel., and the files are still categorized according to tv show, season number, and episode number. They are also listed in the correct order on iTunes itself. But when the iPod is synced--they are sorted alphabetically.
I tried erasing and restoring the ipod. Didn't work.
I tried renaming all the files with the episode number at the front. Ipod ignores the numbers and continues to sort alphabetically.
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