TV Series Episodes not in sequence

I had the same problem with two Anime series I just purchsed off iTMS. I had to read the episode numbers in the description to play them in the correct order. I believe they play in the order in which they finish downloading and when I purchased the whole season some of the episodes finish downloading quicker than earlier episodes.

:'(

I'm seeing this same problem as we speak. I purchased the series Studio 60 (20 episodes) and when they sync onto Apple TV, the pilot episode (the 1st show) is at the bottom and there appears to be no order to the rest.

MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9) MacBook/PowerBook G4/iMac/Cube

If you made these files yourself you probably need to right-click on the files in iTunes, select "Get Info" and then enter the correct info for each episode in the "Info" and "Video" sections.

iMac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I believe Apple TV orders TV episodes based on the information in the "Get Info" section of iTunes. Even if you bought these episodes from the iTunes store, if they are not in the correct sequence in your Apple TV, you should check the "Get Info" section and see if there are discrepancies there. I've experienced this problem a few times with videos from the iTunes store.

iMac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

If they have been given episode numbers in the video section of the get info window they should appear in reverse order on the tv listing by show (that is highest episode number first). If however you are viewing them by date the list will sort the shows by the dates they were added to itunes and not the date they were aired on tv.

Perhaps this was actually a sync problem. I have been able to successfully re-order my video in Apple TV by editing the info in iTunes, but changes don't usually show up in Apple TV until the next sync update after iTunes has been restarted.

iMac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Have the same problem:
Complete Information in the Get-Info / Video-Window but still in "random order":
I found out that AppleTV sorts the shows in alphabetical order using the information given in the Get-Info / Infos -> Title field whilst ignoring articles like "The" (-> quite easy to see if you have scrubs etc.)
The only workaround I came up with so far is either adding the consecutive episode number to the title (i.e. "123 Lame Example" as found on tv.com) or use the episode number in the Sorting / Title for Sorting field (sorry, working with the German Version so I dunno the proper names of these fields...)

This is how I fixed it:

First, in the episode ID field, enter the season+episode number--numbers only. E.g., the Lost season finale would be 322, not 0322, not S03E22, and definitely not the episode name--that goes on the first pane.

Ensure that the show, season # and episode # fields are completed.

Select all episodes, and ensure that Name, Album, Album Artist, and Artist fields are identical. While you're at it, add artwork too.

It was tedious, but I now have an impeccably organized video library on AppeTV.

Did you try Jerry D's solution to their own seemingly identical problem.