What happened to Sarah Sidel...?

The character of Sara Sidel was written off during the middle of the seventh season due to the fact that Jorja Fox did not renew her contract to remain on the show & opted to leave.

She left the show. The new person is:

Exclusive: Inside CSI's Battle for Katee Sackhoff

Katee Sackhoff by Justin Stephens/Sci Fi Channel Photo, Jorja Fox by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage.com

This is seriously frakked up.

Sources confirm to me exclusively that Battlestar Galactica's ***-kicking Katee Sackhoff was thisclose to becoming Jorja Fox's pseudo-replacement next season on CSI. In fact, she was considered to be such a lock for the new series-regular role of Bryce Adams that exec producers Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar, both huge fans of the actress, were practically rolling a red carpet all the way to her trailer.

But...

Oh, come on, you knew there was a "but" coming. After seeing Sackhoff read for the part of the sexy new CSI on the graveyard shift, executives at both CBS (who declined to comment for this story) and Jerry Bruckheimer Television remained unconvinced that they had found their Bryce. And, unfortunately, their opinion won out.

Told you it was a frakked-up story.

Now, the role is once again up for grabs, I'm once again bummed, and so once again I'm turning to you for opinions. Who do you think was right — the creative folks or the suits? Weigh in below. And then watch my super-fun interview with Ms. Sackhoff from last night's TV Guide's 2008 Sexiest Stars soiree — a portion of which I'm saving for next week's vodcast because, well, it's just that good.

I am not exactly sure what happened to her character but I know they did not renew her contract cause she wanted more money. She was mad cause she was paid less than Catherine and Grissom. I like they new girl better anyway!

she left...she wasn't one of my favorite characters on the show, she always seemed to have a lot of issues