macOS Catalina TV app not showing my iTunes library

Just an update:

My AppleTV library started populating on the same day the TV app library showed up in Catalina... I used to get the spinning

Glad to hear this fix is rolling out...

Do be patient because on the Apple TV... the library in the TV app there in tvOS is slightly unreliable... it takes about 30 seconds of spinning wheel no response (that's when I lose patience) and I go back to home and into the Movies app... the Purchased section there populates after a few seconds of spinning wheel... and when I switch back to the TV app the library there has now populated the purchases...

Still not working for me anywhere.... on my MacBook, iMac or AppleTV. I've updated to latest fixes and signed out and back in. Interestingly and a bit frustrating, in Music App while re-syncing my iCloud Music Library (since I had signed out and back in), it duplicated all of my personal playlists 8 times in my library. All these duplicates appeared on every device including iPhone/iPad.

I think all of this is related because the iCloud Music Library was the same functionality for TV and Movies and when they separated the apps, I feel like the cloud syncing was broken.

Anyway, I'm hoping that something will trigger my Movies and TV libraries to start to appear like it has for some of you. Just waiting for now. Thanks for all the updates.

FYI, same as the last few times, it worked on my Macs for a week or so, then stopped again (can't connect me to my video library.)

So, something is up with the servers that they aren't permanently fixing. It seems after any major release, they clear the slate, we all can connect, then it stops from that point forward until the next big fix. Super annoying (this has been going on now since October and we are to May.)

If you are within striking distance of an Apple store, absolutely you should make and appointment and go.

I'm also having the same problem as everyone here (described here).

@tsuyen Using the Account->Purchased menu is sub-optimal for day-to-day usage and not in line with the normal user experience. It's also not great for browsing one's library.

I also have the same issue. I upgraded my MacBook Pro to Catalina where my my iMac is running Mojave. The iMac holds the iTunes library which is very large and is very much the media centre for other apple devices.

On my MacBook Pro I can only see part of my iTunes library. About 50% of the movies and TV shows are not shared via the shared library, I have tried everything but cannot get it to work. I very much regret upgrading to Catalina.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Yes of course it would show up but that is not the same issue these people are talking about. You are home sharing over your own Wi-Fi. Everyone else here is looking at the library from the mothership Apple, they may not even have Wi-Fi, they may be camping at a national park and just watching the library over a cell phone. It is very different from what your answer was. Just saying So that everyone knows not to expect the same results.

Still a no.

10.5.1 didn't help. Updated OS, De-authorize, Signed Out, put it all back, checked/unchecked different options. Nothing, empty library. Anyway, why doesn't TV app have View > Show All/Only Downloaded menu item like Music app. Why are they so different? Who the **** run Apple like this?

Interesting idea, but rebooting in safe mode and cleaning up login items (and sign out/in afterwards) accomplished nothing for me... :(

And TV app is bad, lemme tell ya. Just bad. It even have the same issues iTunes had for years, for example it you playing a movie/show already, if you press "play" on another movie in your library, it just shuts down the player. Apple have no testers anymore

"movie posters" is just another f***k up in my opinion. I freaking hate the new vertical "ad-like" poster. Why break what was good before? Or, if they really wanted unifying aspect ratio for video content, why could get rid of weird *** "round" TV show poster design, and replace with regular vertical. Every TV show has it, no need to redesign. Now every content creator needs to do this unusual aspect ratio (along with new super wide itunes store ads). And you know what? Not everyone will. And there will be a lot of movies and tv shows (esp. old ones) with round/vertical posters just fit in horizontal frame with blur. Ugly. And unnessesary.

There is no regular iTunes store (only weird Apple TV box style) while Music.app HAS IT. Why? Why different.

The navigation is ******d too. I watched a TV show, let's say season 2 of Simpsons. Episode 2. I finished. Where is the button/forward to the next one? There is no such button in the player anymore, not in the menu, not on episode's page. WHY? Isn't it the most necessary thing for serials? No testers here. Ok. But if I press "back" button to go the the TV show's page... It loads last season. Why? Every time I finished with episode, I need to press back, choose season, scroll to the episode, press it, and press play. Who was the mastermind on this?

Anyway, nothing works so far. I just bought a TV show, and it immediately started downloading for some reason, and showing up in my library. I canceled downloading, cleaned it up (deleted episides' downloads) and it vanished. Even this doesn't help.

at least it appears you all can sign in to your account! I'm logged into iCloud, all my devices (phone, ATV, iPod) and I still can't sign into TV app or Music app. I sign out of iCloud on my MacBook Pro, reboot, log back into iCloud, and I will usually get an error 11556 in the music app. With the TV app, I just log in, and it appears like I've done nothing!

Am having identical issues which over FOUR HOURS on the phone with Apple have done nothing to help. Updated yesterday with high hopes due to their "I promise we're working on it and it'll be fixed soon" remark but no joy. (A distinct lack of joy, actually.)

Wanted to ask: has anyone having these specific issues noticed that there is NOT an option to buy SD TV episodes using their MacBook? I can still find them using my iPhone but not my computer. The ONLY buy option is HD. I am not going to increase my entertainment budget by 50% just due to lack of options and wanted to know if anyone else is having this same issue, since EVERYTHING else is identical (lack of thumbnails on downloads, total absence of library items not downloaded, no "next episode" button, etc.).

Is it just me? Anyone else?