Direct-to-video action legend Jeff Fahey and "Melrose Place" vixen Daphne Zuniga are coming to NBC's "American Dreams" in recurring roles this fall.

Fahey, whose credits include such testosterone heavy pics as "Hijack" and "Operation Delta Force" and "The Last of the Finest," will play a military operative who has dealings with Will Estes' JJ Pryor. Fahey has been seen on the small screen on "The Marshal" and in an episode of "Crossing Jordan" earlier this season.

In a casting choice bound to make a lot of people feel really old, Zuniga will play the Pryors' new neighbor and the mother of a rebellious teen played by Milo Ventimiglia ("Gilmore Girls"). In addition to her run as JoBeth Reynolds on "Melrose," Zuniga is beloved from "Gross Anatomy," "Spaceballs" and "The Sure Thing."

Also on NBC, newcomer Josh Stewart will become a regular on "Third Watch," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Eugene Byrd ("8 Mile") is joining "Crossing Jordan" in a recurring role as a new coroner.

In other NBC Universal casting news, Jarrad Paul will return to USA's "Monk" as Adrian Monk's (Tony Shalhoub) neighbor. Paul ("Action") first played the part in the show's second season premiere.