iTunes purchases are not downloading

Check For Available Downloads checks for things such as pre-orders that are now available

I purchased two season passes, which are presently in the middle of their seasons. That means the episodes that have not been aired yet are pre-ordered. Shouldn't "check for available downloads" fetch the new episodes of these seasons as they become available?

I have just discovered this list, but it appears to be everything I've ever purchased, and in no particular order. And there are no column headers, so I can't sort by title or date or anything. Scrolling through it, I see some episodes that I have purchased and downloaded already, but I don't see others that I have purchased and downloaded. As for purchased and not downloaded, I don't see any.

Strangely, even though Purchased appears below "TV Show Playlists", it includes things that are not TV shows, like music:

Am I in the right place?

I found it under Account > Purchased. I'm surprised I hadn't seen it before since it's right above 'check for available downloads'.

Yes everything seems to be here, including the episodes that are available for download. And the download cloud/arrow icon actually works in this view.

Thank you, as I think this is the answer to my original post on how to initiate downloading of things I just bought. I'm still puzzled as to why media doesn't automatically get added to my library when I purchase things. I feel like I've inadvertently turned on some setting that says "show downloaded content only" (like they have on the iPad).

King_Penguin wrote:

Check For Available Downloads checks for things such as pre-orders that are now available [...]

I just wanted to update the discussion and say that I received an email telling me that the next episode of my pre-ordered season is now available for download, but clicking on "check for available downloads" still does nothing. At least now I have the workaround of going to account > purchased > episode list and doing it manually.

Update: I noticed today that there is a cloud icon next to the series title. But clicking on it does nothing. Other episodes are available - why won't they download?