Adam Busch

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Adam Busch, who played the nefarious geek Warren Meers on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" — and was seen most recently as acerbic court bailiff Steve Dixon in the short-lived FOX series "The Jury" — returns to FOX in time for February sweeps. Busch (also the frontman of the band Common Rotation) has signed on for at least three episodes of the new supernatural drama "Point Pleasant," executive-produced by former "Buffy" exec Marti Noxon, whose last FOX series, "Still Life," never aired.

"Point Pleasant," however, is set to premiere after "American Idol" on Wednesday, Jan. 19, then airs Thursdays after "The O.C.," starting Jan. 20.

Busch begins in the show’s third episode, playing Wes, an apprentice working with the mysterious and charismatic Thomas Boyd (Grant Show). Boyd has come to the seaside New Jersey town of Point Pleasant to insinuate himself into the life of teenage Christina (Elizabeth Harnois). The daughter of the Devil and a mortal woman, Christina washed up on the shores of Point Pleasant, which has become the battleground for her soul and those of its inhabitants. In other genre casting news, Billy Zane has signed on to a three-episode guest stint on The WB’s "Charmed," which begins on Sunday, Feb. 13. He plays Drake, a poetry-spouting demon that made a deal with a sorcerer to become human for a year, and now his time is almost up. There’s also talk that Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), who was once married to the half-demon/half-human Cole (Julian McMahon), may like the looks of Drake as well.

Also, Ben Browder, star of Sci Fi Channel’s "Farscape" series and miniseries, has signed onto the upcoming ninth season of Sci Fi’s successful "Stargate SG-1." It’s still unclear whether current lead Richard Dean Anderson will return for season nine.

The remaining season-eight episodes of "Stargate SG-1" start airing on Friday, Jan. 21, at 8 p.m. ET. It’s followed by new episodes of the freshman hit "Stargate Atlantis" and the first regular season of "Battlestar Galactica," which premiered as a miniseries in 2003.