Operation Junkyard advantages that teams could earn, including time with the on-set engineer or special parts for use in their build. Two identical school buses filled with junk were given to the teams, who had six hours to create their contraptions. Operation Junkyard Operation Junkyard debuted in fall 2002 as part of the Discovery Kids Saturday morning programming schedule. Essentially a spin-off of TLC's popular series "Junkyard Wars", OP/JY featured teams of teens that were challenged to build gadgets out of junk in six hours. Teams featured on the show include the Rummaging Robots and Jurassic Junkers, and the teams were tasked
Game Show Network night, with some new segments, under the title "Late Night Games"). "Prime Games" was a similarly formatted show aired weeknights and hosted by Peter Tomarken. "Wide World of Games" was a Saturday night block of four shows built around a common theme. After a few years, these shows were replaced by "Game TV" (a half-hour interview show hosted by Nancy Sullivan and Dave Nemeth), "Game World" (which showed highlights of current game shows from around the world), and standalone 30-minute call-in games like "Super Decades" and "Trivia Track". Later, the channel attempted a "Gong Show" remake called "Extreme Gong" (hosted