Without knowing what the exact partition device is or what the problem is, here's my general outline to get back. I'll assume your myth partition is /dev/sdb1
First I would prefer to do all this in single user mode; at the boot prompt type "single" you'll boot to a non-graphics prompt. others will rightly point out that you can do all this from a normal boot if you stop the proper processes. backend, frontend, etc...
make a new empty directory anywhere in the root file system, the actual root directory works well.
# mkdir /wtf
mount the old TV volume
# mount -t <type> /dev/sdb1 /wtf
For <type> you'll need to know what to use, i.e. xfs, ext3, jfs, etc. you should be able to find this in your /etc/fstab file. if you need to guess, and guess wrong, you'll get a less-than-helpful "wrong fstype message" but you won't hurt it.
when you run that mount command, you should get an error message that may give a hint about why it didn't mount in the proper location. This needs to be resolved before moving on...
If you can resolve the problem and mount the drive, then copy the files from /myth/tv to the old partition:
# cd /myth/tv
# tar -cvf - * | (cd /wtf; tar -xf - )
You could use a simple "cp" or "mv" but the above command will preserve ownership and permissions.
***Once everything is copied AND VERIFIED***, empty out /myth/tv
# cd /myth/tv
# rm *
move your tv partition back to its proper location.
# umount /wtf
# mount -t <type> /dev/sdb1 /myth/tv
reboot and you're back.
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