The series helped revive television animation in the 1990s. It was a launching point for the Cartoon Network animated television series "Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel," and "The Powerpuff Girls." Once it had several original cartoons, those became the first Cartoon Cartoons. From 2005 to 2008, "The Cartoon Cartoon Show!" was revived as a block for reruns of older Cartoon Cartoons that had been phased out by the network.