TV shows not playing on ipod

I have watched tv shows purchased from itunes many times on my ipod but recently I have purchased a couple of episodes that show up in the ipod but refuse to play. When I click on the show the screen goes black and it acts as if it is going to play then it just goes back to the previous menu. The other shows already on the ipod play fine. Any ideas??

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