'NYPD' star Morales joins 'Jericho'

Esai Morales has joined the cast of the returning Jericho in a recurring role.

The NYPD Blue star - recently seen on the short-lived drama Vanished - will play Colonel Hoffman, a career military officer and Iraq war veteran who has not heard from his wife since the day of the attacks. He will appear in six of the seven episodes ordered for midseason.

Jericho was cancelled by CBS in May but a huge fan revolt prompted the network to re-think and order a second "mini"-season last month.