TV shows downloaded on AppleTV not syncing to iTunes

After getting my new Apple TV I downloaded several TV series from the iTunes store directly onto the Apple TV. The download was flawless and the shows play fine. However, I assumed that they would sync onto iTunes on my MacBook Pro via the wireless network I have. But they have not after many sync operations. The TV shows reside on the Apple TV only
The computer recognizes the Apple TV and I have no problem purchasing movies on iTunes on my MBP and getting those to sync to Apple TV. I have also purchased a movie on Apple TV and had it sync back to the Mac.
BTW, the setting of the "TV Shows" tab in iTunes is to sync every episode of all TV shows.
Any thoughts on why the syncing seems to only be going in one direction for TV shows?

Hi Rix133,
Thanks for the question. The following resource will help in transferring this TV episode from your iPhone to iTunes
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
Alternatively, you can access your purchase history from iTunes to download the purchase:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
And finally, you may also be interested in Automatic Downloads:
iTunes Store: How to enable Automatic Downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4539
Thanks,
Matt M.

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