What is
Split Second you may ask. Well, it's a game show that's currently on BUZZR. Frankly, I'd never heard of it until I saw a promo for it back in March while watching something else on BUZZR. But after doing a bit of research I discovered that apparently the show was originally on ABC daytime from March 20, 1972 until June 27, 1975. During most of that time I was in college but had a lot of my day free on some days, so I have no idea how I missed ever seeing it - or if I did, I guess I wasn't very impressed and rarely watched. The next iteration, and the one I'm going to deal with in this topic, had a brief run in syndication from December 15, 1986 until September 11, 1987 - if it was available in my area, I never saw that version either. And interestingly enough, a new iteration, which began on April 17, 2023, is currently still running on the Game Show Network. And I've never watched it, too.
But anyway, the reason I put "on" in quotes in the title for this topic is because Kate Jackson wasn't physically on the show, her name was the answer to a question - and her name coming up is what caught my sttention during the promo on BUZZR:
So ever since seeing that promo, I began DVRing the show, and finally this past Wednesday the ep in question was shown. Here's how Kate's name came up:
And as you can see, thanks to knowing Kate starred in
Scarecrow and Mrs. King, the contestant won the game.