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“Eyes,” the first-rate 2005 ABC hourlong that died with seven of its 12 completed episodes untelecast in the U.S., will see its “lost” installments satcast on DirecTV’s channel 101 this summer.

Though unavailable on a licensed DVD set, the seven “unaired” episodes were aired in New Zealand in 2005, and have since been available via the Internet’s illegal bittorrents.

The series, which followed the employees of cutting-edge private investigation enterprise Judd Risk Management, starred Tim Daly (“The Sopranos”), Rick Worthy (“Battlestar Galactica”), Natalie Zea (“Dirty Sexy Money”), A.J. Langer (“My So-Called Life”), Eric Mabius (“Ugly Betty”) and Laura Leighton (“Melrose Place”).

DirecTV will also satcast unseen episodes of CBS’ 2006 heist thriller “Smith” (starring Simon Baker, Amy Smart, Jonny Lee Miller, Ray Liotta and Virginia Madsen) and ABC’s 2006 hostage drama “The Nine” (starring Tim Daly, Scott Wolf, Chi McBride, Dana Davis and Kim Raver).

DirecTV remains in discussions with NBC Universal about continuing new episodes of “Friday Night Lights” beyond its third season.

Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.