Won't add to library TV shows stored in a network folder

iTunes 8 for Windows will not add media files of type TV Show stored on a network share to the library. I have tested this with both DRM-protected files purchased from the iTunes store, and with unprotected files I have encoded myself. Any tips on how I might diagnose this further, or make it work as intended?
Steps to reproduce:
1. Share my Mac’s iTunes Music folder (containing a TV Shows subfolder with TV shows in it) on the network.
2. Verify iTunes 8 for Windows will successfully add music files contained in the shared folder to its local library (e.g. by File > Add to Library…).
3. Select File > Add to Library… and this time browse to the TV Shows subfolder. Select a particular show’s folder to import. iTunes appears to process the files, but fails silently to add them to the library.
4. Attempt to add the same files to the library via drag-and-drop, and by right-clicking a single file and choosing Open With > iTunes. Each attempt fails silently.
Partial work-around:
1. In iTunes 8 on the Mac, select an episode of a TV show, right-click and choose Get Info. On the Options tab, set Media Kind to Movie. Click OK. Assuming iTunes is configured to organize files automatically, iTunes silently moves the file to the Movies subfolder of the iTunes Music folder.
2. In iTunes 8 on Windows, choose File > Add to Library… and select the file that is now of type Movie on the network folder. The file is successfully added to the library as a TV Show!
3. In iTunes 8 on the Mac, change the Media Kind of the file in question back to TV Show. iTunes silently moves the file back to the subfolder of TV Shows.
4. In iTunes 8 on Windows, attempt to play the file. iTunes will complain that it cannot find the file at its designated location. Browse to the file’s new location on the network. Although iTunes will happily show the file in the library, it will fail to play it.

I've been having the same problem on my wife's Windows XP machine and after some experimentation determined that iTunes does not like the fact that there is a space in name of the "TV Shows" folder. Since iTunes wants to put TV Shows in this folder you can't change the name but I did find a pretty simple work around. From Windows Explorer I mapped a network drive directly to the "TV Shows" folder, so instead of selecting "...\iTunes Music\TV Shows" (or some level above that) as the folder when doing a File, Add Folder to Library..., I selected n:\ (the network drive I mapped) and it worked great.
I don't understand what the issue is with the space, especially since music stored on a network drive does have this problem, but this did the trick.

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