Photo of Leigh Snowden (left) and Claire Kelly with Mike Connors, the star of the short-lived television program
Tightrope
. The program was very popular but a disagreement between the network and the show's sponsor led to its demise. CBS wanted to schedule the program in a later time slot; the sponsor didn't agree. When the network said it intended to move the show to the later hour without the sponsor's consent, the sponsor backed out of the program.
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